Sentence examples for an attempt to host from inspiring English sources
"It's a no-brainer that a country like Brazil deserves the World Cup, but we are seeing an attempt to host an event to showcase a country that is not real," said Juca Kfouri, a prominent journalist.
Although Istanbul, the Turkish metropolis, did better than many expected in finishing second to Tokyo, it lost a fifth attempt to host the Games.
A previous attempt to host Afghan talks two months ago was thwarted — and the Kremlin's invitation to the Taliban rescinded — when the Afghan government objected, saying it must lead the outreach.
Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri, the writer-illustrator pair behind the popular "Dragons Love Tacos," team up again to tell the tale of a pizza-loving raccoon's attempt to host a secret pizza party, the kind in which raccoons are considered guests of honor rather than disreputable pizza-stealing varmints.
Also damaging was Mbeki's attempt to host a mediation session on July 5, a week after Mugabe had declared victory in a reelection campaign that left nearly 100 opposition activists dead and thousands of others injured.
The stencil showed up in the city yesterday, the beginning of what Banksy calls his attempt "to host an entire show on the streets of New York".
Qatar's successful attempt to host a competition for which it has never qualified is far from the only significant entrance on to the global sporting stage by this ambitious Gulf state.
Meeting people like Li, Wang, Chao and Ma is smart because entering China will be tricky: Launching "Facebook.cn" would require deft maneuvering with the Chinese government, of course, and has the potential to be a public and customer relations nightmare that could dwarf the problems Google had in its attempt to host a China-based search engine.
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The domestic issues had threatened Sydney's very attempt to host the Games.
But in its second consecutive attempt to host the Olympics, Madrid fell short again.
