Sentence examples for attempt to prevent a from inspiring English sources

The proposal offers another attempt to prevent a run: a redemption charge.

Representative Peter T. King of New York said he disagreed with the Bush campaign's attempt to prevent a hand recount.

French authorities have drafted additional police officers in an attempt to prevent a repeat of yesterday's events.

The suggestion that there is something sinister about noting that people have different abilities is an attempt to prevent a proper discussion of social mobility.

Sammy's team played with passion, commitment – at one point Chris Gayle sprinted 20 yards at full tilt in an attempt to prevent a second run – and skill.

When the bubble burst, the government was forced to guarantee the deposits of the five biggest institutions in an attempt to prevent a Northern Rock-style bank run.

In consequence, active immunization programs with attenuated rubella vaccine were initiated in 1969 in an attempt to prevent an expected epidemic in the early 1970s.

They were charged with hijacking and attempted murder over what prosecutors called a deliberate attempt to prevent an airplane carrying General Pervez Musharraf from landing in Karachi on Oct. 12.

And while it's wrapped up in a claim to defend international tax cooperation, it looks more like an attempt to prevent an effective measure against international tax-dodging".

Holbrooke looked hard at the three men and said, "Is this a misunderstanding about what the police do, or an attempt to prevent an agreement from happening?" That produced a sheepish moment, and then more bickering.

If a fielder begins to visibly make an attempt to prevent an advance but then elects not to throw, the advance is not due to defensive indifference.