Sentence examples for attempted to adapt from inspiring English sources

He attempted to adapt the agencies of Asante government to the changed situation.

In the late 80s, Roman Polanski attempted to adapt but the project fell through because of budget concerns.

Legislatures and courts in some countries have attempted to adapt copyright law to meet the challenges presented by technological advances.

Since September 11th 2001, London's emergency services and other government agencies, private security services and other business, have attempted to adapt their response to a changed terrorist threat.

But beyond these general Trojan war themes, it is only the box-office flop, Marino Girolami's Fury of Achilles (1961), that has attempted to adapt The Iliad as a story in its own right.

He attempted to adapt current techniques by creating "Jewish novels" such as Stempeniu (1888; Stempeniu: A Jewish Romance) and Yosele Solovey (1889; The Nightingale; or, The Saga of Yosele Solovey the Cantor).

He attempts to adapt to the guitar their phrasing & tonal qualities.

According to Kristen Walker at Conservation international's Policy Center for Environment and Peace, the big conservation groups are attempting to adapt to often difficult dilemmas and relationships.

These Eurovision entries offer a portrait of a lively and diverse society attempting to adapt to a cultural showcase whose codes and conventions are rapidly changing.

Mead discusses the numerous (and often less than satisfying) attempts to adapt the novel to the stage or the screen, beginning with Owen Davis's Broadway version, starring James Rennie.

Founded by the late Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a lama who fled Tibet when China invaded in 1959, Shambhala attempts to adapt Tibetan Buddhism to Western culture.