Sentence examples for attempt establish from inspiring English sources

Harman suspects that such an account (which he calls a " reduction") may in fact be forthcoming (see his 1986: 65), but the point relevant to our current purposes is his contention that the believer in moral facts has extra work to do in order to establish her position; thus this may be interpreted as an attempt establish a burden of proof.

The reference apparently was an attempt to establish that he had survived the attack.

Perhaps this is an attempt to establish ordinariness.

I like Ada's attempt to establish her own mini-Bloomsbury.

Robinson tried all kinds of player combinations in an attempt to establish some kind of spark.

The RSO should attempt to establish the individual's bona fides.

It cannot only be the victims or perpetrators who attempt to establish the facts.

Infuriating, because Davis makes little attempt to establish a critical distance from her subject matter.

But this attempt to establish a credible, functioning democracy in Myanmar could yet end in tears.

He has commissioned research in an attempt to establish whether this is correct.

Back to article (3) Ethos: attempt to establish authority or connection with the audience.