The phrase "attempt to reverse this" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing efforts to undo or negate a previous action or situation.
Example: "The researchers are making an attempt to reverse this trend of declining biodiversity in the region."
Alternatives: "try to undo this" or "make an effort to revert this".
His attempt to reverse this was refused by the Holy Synod of the Church, which authorised a new Patriarchal election.
In January, in an obvious attempt to reverse this trend, the Mayor promised city homeowners a rebate on their property taxes, and his ratings did improve.
In an attempt to reverse this trend, twentieth-century labor organizers reframed public-school teachers as skilled professionals belonging to "associations," creating distance from the industrial unions that represented blue-collar workers.
The book is an attempt to reverse this flow of information, to find objective "evidence" for what she has discovered through private experience, that after the birth of her child a woman's equality is shown to be not the great evolutionary transformation of the modern era, but a kind of temporary, easily revoked passport into the world of men.
Swinging in Stroud On the trail Seeing purple Now you can make me perfect The towns fight back Down again Lend me your ears The undead ReprintsIn an attempt to reverse this trend, the Tory government introduced in 1996 the rule of "sequential testing" into the planning laws.
Although the number of school-leavers has climbed modestly in recent years, the number going to university has fallen.In an attempt to reverse this trend, Leighton Andrews, the Welsh education minister, has settled upon a new form of accountability, published last month.
However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision, either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution, will not meet with success".
Many people found their way to the towns; but the government, attempting to reverse this flood, strengthened the pass laws by making it illegal for blacks to be in a town for more than 72 hours at a time without a job in a white home or business.
Easier access and parking near town centres, improved public transportation, large-scale refurbishing of historic buildings, and the creation of pedestrian zones offering special entertainments, festivals, and attractions were among the attempts to reverse this trend and lure the public back downtown in the evening.
In 1661 the Common Pleas attempted to reverse this by pushing for an Act of Parliament to abolish latitats based on legal fictions, forbidding "special bail" in any case where "the true cause of action" was not expressed in the process.
