Sentence examples for an attempt to wait from inspiring English sources

Instead, she went to Columbia Business School in an attempt to wait out the coming meltdown, figuring that if she couldn't find a job, she should at least spend time broadening her skills.

Some players attempt to wait out the time limit, mistaking this as a kind of victory.

Delrina spent roughly $800,000 in an improved telephone infrastructure in an attempt to get wait times to under five minutes.

If you've got a food craving, treat yourself to a good old-fashioned game of Tetris rather than attempting to "wait it out".

The interim government, which has pledged to hold free elections in six months, appeared to be attempting to wait out the protests.

Our attempts to wait with the p(I C) application till the animals displayed more severe signs of leukaemia such as weight loss or reduced mobility failed.

The reasons for payment included a fear of receiving substandard care, an attempt to shorten waiting time and in some cases because the doctor had demanded such a payment [ 7].

Only seven of the articles made an attempt to address the waiting time paradox (Tørring et al, 2011, 2012, 2013; Brasme et al, 2012a, 2012b; Elit et al, 2013; Gobbi et al, 2013; Pruitt et al, 2013).

Mr. Gross said extra phones lines are being installed at the service center in an attempt to cut the wait from the current four minutes to one minute.

The Ontario government is expanding the number of gender reassignment surgery referral sites in the province in an attempt to reduce long wait times faced by transgender people.

The NHS spent £6.5bn in 2013-14 on services from private sector providers, out of a total budget of £113bn, and last winter the Coalition government set aside an additional £30m to buy operations from the private sector in an attempt to bring down waiting lists.