Sentence examples for and sought to attract from inspiring English sources

In an ill-timed choice, Wolpert named the place Germantown and sought to attract settlers of German origin.

Under Mr. Nasser, Ford operated some of its own showrooms and sought to attract some customers directly through the Internet, bypassing the dealers.

How to Corp's websites have now disappeared from the internet and TrafficPaymaster, which claimed to produce web pages by "spinning and scraping" content and sought to attract advertising in contravention of Google's code of conduct, is no longer on sale.

The school was new and sought to attract top students by offering scholarships.

John Sherman was the most prominent candidate and sought to attract the Blaine supporters to his candidacy, but instead found them flocking to former senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana after a telegram from Carnegie suggested that Blaine favored him.

It relies more on revenues from conventions and meetings, and seeks to attract leisure travellers as well as gamblers with its spa, nightclubs and concerts.

He described the company as intent on "longevity" as a landlord, and seeking to attract long-term tenants who feel they are part of a community.

Nonetheless, he sees Mr. Jaffe's approach "as perfectly consistent with how New Orleans musicians have conducted themselves in the past, embracing eclecticism and experimentation and seeking to attract the widest audiences possible to their music".

But unpopular at home, and seeking to attract far-right nationalist voters with tough anti-immigrant policies before the presidential election next year, Mr. Sarkozy has set a clear limit to his ideas of Mediterranean solidarity, and has infuriated his southern neighbor, Italy, by keeping the border closed to the migrants fleeing political and economic turmoil in North Africa.

Mr. Spevak said the deal will give Equinox enough cash to fund a capital-intensive national rollout with the goal of dotting major cities in the United States with versions of its Manhattan clubs, which fill loft-like spaces with the latest in gym equipment and seek to attract young, affluent customers.

It joins the original Apple Watch and LVMH's TAG Hueur's impending smart watch, to compete with a number of other luxury watches that are already on the market, and seeking to attract our attention and our wallets.