The phrase "attempt to purchase" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort or action taken to buy something, often implying that the purchase may not have been successful.
Example: "After several attempts to purchase the concert tickets, I finally managed to secure a pair."
Alternatives: "try to buy" or "effort to acquire".
More frustrating for Schwartz and the N.Y.R.A. has been the attempt to purchase New York City's off-track betting parlors.
After an attempt to purchase the 24-hour cable news network CNN failed, Murdoch endeavoured to create his own cable news channel.
"The [British] army appears to have at least encouraged Nelson in his attempt to purchase arms in South Africa for the UDA," Cory concludes.
By taking its offer directly to shareholders, BASF is hoping to circumvent Engelhard's board of directors in its attempt to purchase all of the company's stock.
In March 2014, Lau was found guilty of bribing a former minister in the gambling enclave of Macau in an attempt to purchase a prime development site.
Their fees are likely to come out of the $3 billion in cash that AT&T paid to Deutsche Telekom in connection with AT&T's thwarted attempt to purchase T-Mobile.
A spokeswoman for Bush did not respond to an email from Business Insider asking if he has made any attempt to purchase JebBushForPresident.com or if he had any comment on Phillips and Rainwater's plans for the site.
Mr. Brigante, of American Kennels, said that during last year's St . Patricks Day parade, a passing reveler, whose first attempt to purchase a small bulldog was rejected, then offered to pay double.
Student Officers: TAs formally designated by their department as a Student Officer in the identity management system automatically receive an upgraded quota, and should not attempt to purchase the upgrade themselves.
An article published in the London Times in February described a scenario whereby Saudi Arabia would attempt to purchase warheads from abroad while also adding a military dimension to its planned civil nuclear programme at home.
In his State of the Union address, Mr. Bush cited an Iraqi attempt to purchase uranium from Africa as part of evidence of Mr. Hussein's unconventional weapons and Iraq's desire to reconstitute its nuclear program.
