Sentence examples for attempt to run a from inspiring English sources

He complained of Diệm's reliance on Nhu in the running of the country, Nhu's attempt to run a police state through his secret Cần Lao apparatus and the lack of success against the Việt Cộng.

Mr. Bradley's attempt to run a high-brow, high-minded campaign sometimes conveyed wimpiness, and one lesson may be that positive campaigners get torn apart by those wolverines.

Script-edited by John Cleese, Fairly Secret Army (1984‑86) concerned an unhinged officer's attempt to run a mercenary paramilitary outfit.

Any attempt to run a personal search on Google (such as "my flights" or "my emails") won't return a result unless you successfully get through locked screen security first.

Its huge bathroom has a sunken tub – although I gave up on my second attempt to run a bath as the water was coming out yellow and the battery had run down in the remote control for the bathroom telly.

The batsman must strike at a good ball and attempt to run a rounder (even if he misses the ball or fails to strike at it) in a counterclockwise direction around the first, second, and third posts and so home to the fourth post, though he may stay at any of the first three.

"I think there was an attempt to run an ideological agenda that, I think, has failed," he said.

Douglas appears in several comic memoirs by her husband, including "Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes!" (1970), about their move to the Canadian wilderness; "Benedict Arnold Slept Here" (1975), which recounts their disastrous attempt to run an inn in Maine; and "Going Nuts in Brazil With Jack Douglas" (1977).Mr.Mr

To ensure the devices accepted this certificate, a permissions request was made to pop up on the targeted iOS device on the user's first attempt to run an infected app.

Would you attempt to run an obstacle course with a broken foot?

For all its razzle and pretensions to glamour, attempting to run a high-fashion business is an unforgiving task.