Sentence examples for attempted to conduct from inspiring English sources

McAllister admitted that FFS had attempted to conduct polls of several other species, but they had proved less useful.

When Zubin Mehta attempted to conduct music from "Tristan and Isolde" there in the late 1980s, the orchestra was physically attacked.

Eyewitnesses said about 30 activists had strategically placed themselves in the large auditorium in the local Swiss Alpine High School and had attempted to conduct the debate on their own terms.

The charity highlighted the case of Scott Panetti, a murder defendant in Texas in 1995, who attempted to conduct his own defence despite a long history of mental problems, including schizophrenia.

Eventually, Lott took a seat on a dais, where Joseph Pascal, the president of the Hudson Union Society, attempted to conduct a Q. & A. "Thank you very much, Joe," Lott began.

They attempted to conduct a sort of total war by mobilizing the entire forces of the home front, which was already suffering from the effects of the British blockade.

If I'm in someone's presence and attempting to conduct an interview, I am wishing I were with Kafka on the ceiling.

The Chinese government has repeatedly accused the United States military and intelligence organizations of attempting to conduct espionage by manipulating American products sold in China.

"The authorities will attempt to conduct themselves with society as a parent would a child who is crying and demanding some kind of toy," he said.

Donald Trump loyalists will attempt to conduct their own crowd-funded exit polling on election day, ostensibly due to fears that electronic voting machines in certain areas may have been "rigged", the Guardian has learned.

This isn't an isolated case, and Mehr and Winner were both keen to point out that their problems in attempting to conduct this replication are symptomatic of the wider issues facing science at the moment.