Sentence examples for attempt to oppose from inspiring English sources

The publisher behind the unauthorized sequel to J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" has described the author's attempt to oppose publication of the book as "ludicrous".

Repelled by Nazi totalitarianism, neopaganism, and racism, Faulhaber contributed to the failure of Hitler's Munich Putsch (1923), an attempt to oppose the Weimar Republic with a national revolution.

Senior Met officers are known to have lobbied hard against some of O'Connor's proposals, at one stage even hiring lawyers in an unsuccessful attempt to oppose one of his key recommendations.

Another lawmaker had proposed a resolution in the Statehouse to attempt to oppose Dawkins's visit.

The British fleet was busy with preparations to resupply Gibraltar, and did not attempt to oppose the departure.

Therefore, free speech and opposition parties are banned and those who attempt to oppose the regime are treated as criminals.

In New York, he was championed as a hero for his abolitionist beliefs and attempts to oppose slavery.

Attempts to oppose groundless suspicions and charges resulted in the opponent's falling victim to the repression.

In 1971 he attempted to oppose Thieu for the presidency but was forced to remove himself as a candidate and returned to the air force.

It also appears that she would have been one of those behind the government's futile attempts to oppose restrictions on neonicotinoids.

These police forces were also granted extensions by the courts, however, South Thanet was the only constituency where a Conservative MP attempted to oppose the extension.