Sentence examples for attempt to line from inspiring English sources
It also completely infuriated the other owners, who viewed Mr. Steinbrenner's move as an attempt to line the Yankees' pocket at their expense.
That complicates any attempt to line the numbers up.But Mr Song has inferred month-on-month changes in industrial production from the official year-on-year figures.
The plan was Sports Direct's fourth attempt to line up a big payout for its billionaire founder, who owns 58% of the company and is deputy chairman.
Just weeks ago, Vice President Dick Cheney embarked on a Middle East tour promoted as an attempt to line up regional support for carrying the war on terrorism into Iraq.
But government officials reluctantly backed away from their tough-minded approach after a failed attempt to line up private financing with help from JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, which told federal officials they simply could not raise the money given both the general turmoil in credit markets and the specific fears of problems with A.I.G.
Gellman's Time story recounting Broadwell's attempt to line up Armstrong for Petraeus's birthday also describes her telling fellow-participants at an Aspen Institute conference that she'd been approached about running for the Senate in North Carolina; Petraeus, she said, had talked her out of it.
Amir Khan has set Floyd Mayweather a five-day deadline as he attempts to line up a fight against the American.
The Journal added that AB InBev was not in active discussions with SABMiller, but was attempting to line up financing before making a formal approach.
Mr. Daniel described Mr. Brown as "a man who blatantly disregarded his fiduciary duties and attempted to line his pockets with millions at a time when the company's very survival was in question".
YouTube is spending $100 million on original programming, and is attempting to line up big media partners, including distributors, studios and other content producers.
Sounds clever, but as you might expect, this mode drains batteries in a hurry and the preshoot material generally features your clumsy attempts to line up the still shot.
