Sentence examples for abortive business from inspiring English sources

Born to British parents in France, Sisley first visited London in his 20s in pursuit of an abortive business career.

He went bankrupt in 1957 and the next year traveled alone to West Germany, where he made an abortive entry into the cement business.

Involved with the project is Christopher R.J. Knable, a consultant who oversaw an abortive effort to start a hotel chain and other businesses under the Cipriani banner for Cipriani International.

first president of independent Gabon, whose regime, after an abortive 1964 coup, came to depend on French government and business support.

But as becomes abundantly clear, Otway was also lucky enough to secure a fanatically devoted audience – to whom he affectionately refers to as "the fans", like parents talk about "the kids" – who kept him in business as a live act even as one career decision after another proved abortive.

Since Archie Norman, Nigel Wray, Nick Leslau and Julian Richer took over Knutsford last November, the company has made an abortive assault on venture capital fund Wassall, but has made no move in retailing - the type of business Knutsford targeted at its inception.

Sony would have little recourse, having no desktop business to leverage, and Valve's own attempts to cross the console divide have been largely abortive.

Or will James, running the business and with a good reputation among shareholders for his management so far (with the exception of the abortive bid for Time Warner) tell his elder brother to go and play somewhere else?

Efforts by Swedes and Prussians proved abortive.

There have been abortive attempts so far.

It revisits Mr. Burroughs's abortive advertising career.