Sentence examples for attempt to start a from inspiring English sources

Brushtail possums were specially imported from Australia, in an attempt to start a fur industry.

An ill-planned attempt to start a new life in the South Pacific is irrelevant and tiresome.

But an attempt to start a theme park called Fox Studios Backlot in Australia has proved to be a disappointment.

In 1844 he was in touch with the Bandiera brothers, who made an ill-fated attempt to start a revolt in Calabria.

The era when it lost $8.3 million in a failed attempt to start a retail operation in the Mall of America.

A very few fans did attempt to start a chant of 'George Graham's Blue and White army' but were drowned out with boos and general swearing.

Any attempt to start a ground operation in Syria won't lead to victory, as the past five to 10 years has showed.

An attempt to start a multimedia practice in Los Angeless in 1993 was even less successful: he left after a couple of months.

There are bold, white lace curtains drawn across her window and several sparkly lampshades (Lauren designed these herself, souvenirs of a distant attempt to start a lampshade business).

This is far from the first attempt to start a high-profile professional rugby union tournament in North America, amid growing interest in the sport.

The entire Pirates bench erupted onto the field in protest, kicking dirt at the umpire and the first baseman in a good-natured attempt to start a brawl.