The phrase "attempt to develop an" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to create or improve something, often in a formal or academic context.
Example: "The researchers made an attempt to develop an innovative solution to the problem of plastic waste."
Alternatives: "strive to create a" or "endeavor to establish an".
The Biology Card Sorting Task is an attempt to develop an approach to measuring the development of discipline-based conceptual expertise that generates a rich profile of student thinking on a complex task, while also generating data that are feasible to analyze at the level of classroom assessment, program assessment, and in the context of biology education research.
The authors attempt to develop an off-line production simulator that assists the production engineers' decisions.
The use of the third stage reflected an important milestone in North Korea's attempt to develop an intercontinental-range missile.
No attempt to develop an evidentiary record to support criminal prosecution for the massive criminality that accompanied the bubble.
Students' research skills are developed in an attempt to develop an understanding of a complex set of issues.
Project Kangaroo, the three free-to-air broadcasters' attempt to develop an online home where they might have sold their programmes, was thwarted by competition concerns.
No attempt to develop an evidentiary record for asset seizures under Rico, the law routinely used to seize the assets of criminal organizations.
In the early years of the 20th century an attempt to develop an artificial form of Igbo called Union-Igbo, based on four Igbo dialects, was not successful.
Therefore, this study was an attempt to develop an immunologic response for designing a skin sensitivity test that can be used to determine the poisoning.
This method, called Automated ANNs, is an attempt to develop an automatic procedure for selecting the architecture of an artificial neural network for forecasting purposes.
