Sentence examples for attempted to close a from inspiring English sources

While there is understandable outrage over revelations that a long-term police agent infiltrated a non-violent green activist group which attempted to close a Nottingham power station, this scandal is nothing compared with what went on during Ulster's "dirty war".

This came on the heels of California issuing IOUs as it attempted to close a $26 billion budget gap.

The state legislature and the governor are attempting to close a $100 million deficit.

Then last month, a 90-year-old woman who lives in the building was injured after attempting to close a new bedroom window before going to bed.

Coffman opposed the post-Sandy Hook attempts to close a loophole that allows the purchase of firearms online or at gun shows without a background check.

Nonetheless, Zuccarini's current "mousetrapping" is somewhat less effective than his prior implementation, yielding fewer popup windows when a user attempts to close a Zuccarini site, suggesting that the FTC's injunction may have yielded improvement in this regard.

Over the years, he steadily expanded his illiberal agenda, scorning Ms. Merkel's migration policies, drawing closer to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, restricting the work of Hungarian civil society, and attempting to close a prominent university.

They are also attempting to close a deal for Mori, a 24-year-old defender who has impressed in River Plate's recent revival and has won one cap for the Argentina national side.

Wayne Rooney spent about 40 hours in Washington before departing Friday, and over the next week to 10 days, he and D.C. United will attempt to close a multimillion dollar deal to bring the English superstar to MLS.

In the BHS case, this hands-off approach was doubly amazing since the warning signs were obvious in 2012 when the pension fund trustees signed off an arrangement whereby the company would take 23 years to attempt to close a deficit that then stood at £200m.

In Go, attempting to close a channel used to receive data leads to a panic.