The phrase "an attempt to repeat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to replicate an action, process, or result.
Example: "The researchers made an attempt to repeat the experiment to verify the initial findings."
Alternatives: "an effort to replicate" or "a try to duplicate".
Sony's entry into the market with the disc-based PSP is an attempt to repeat that history.
Instead of selling itself as a center for emergency gifts, RedEnvelope would aim for upscale elegance, an attempt to repeat what Billings accomplished at Pottery Barn.
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia completed the first half of an attempt to repeat the first-ever double men's world title he accomplished last year by winning the 2.5-mile short-course race in 11 01.
Garde Champetre, who is trained by Enda Bolger, has won four of his last five starts in cross-country events and will be back at Cheltenham next month in an attempt to repeat last year's Festival success.
He spoke again about their period prequel idea, but he added that The Blair Witch Project "was lightning in a bottle", and that an attempt to repeat it would be fruitless.
Mr. Romney, in an attempt to repeat the G.O.P.'s successful "death panels" strategy of the 2010 midterms, has been busily attacking the president for the same Medicare savings that are part of the Ryan plan.
The unauthorised publication is an apparent attempt to repeat the impact of a similar release of emails on the eve of the Copenhagen climate summit in late 2009.
Other Republicans consider this a nutty attempt to repeat a failed tactic in the hope of achieving a different result.
Historians are divided on whether this was a genuine attempt to repeat their success at Dien Bien Phu by forcing the surrender of the Marine base, or else a diversion from the rest of the Tết Offensive, or an example of the North Vietnamese Army keeping its options open.
The study is a direct follow up from the study by Müller et al. 2010, and a very welcomed attempt to repeat previous findings in another system to obtain a better understanding of associations between genetic variation and behaviour, as well as to assess their generality.
The randomised controlled trial by De La Rosa and colleagues is a timely and valuable attempt to repeat the landmark Leuven studies.
