Sentence examples for attempted to replace from inspiring English sources

Since 2000 reforestation programs have attempted to replace the forest cover that had been exploited through illegal logging operations.

"Passwords," Mr. Herley continued, "have proved themselves a worthy opponent: all those who have attempted to replace them have failed".

A host of pretenders attempted to replace Presley, such as Ricky Nelson and Ral Donner in the US and Cliff Richard and Marty Wilde in the UK.

The progressive constitution of 1923, which abolished slavery and attempted to replace tribalism with nationalism, was undone by irate clerics from the majority Pushtun group.

In the late 1960s, the finest railway station in America nearly suffered the same fate as the old Penn Station, when developers attempted to replace the Beaux-Arts terminal with an office building.

With the collapse of the first Bulgarian state, the Bulgarian church fell under the domination of Greek ecclesiastics who took control of the see of Ohrid and attempted to replace the Bulgarian Slavic liturgy with a Greek liturgy.

Don't attempt to replace him, please!

Boiler Room doesn't attempt to replace going out.

"The stingray is attempting to replace the shark," Oumy Sène Diouf, a Greenpeace researcher, said later.

Before attempting to replace a supply pipe, close the shutoff valve to stop the water flow.

Robinson will attempt to replace Niedermayer with Ken Sutton and Brylin, perhaps, with Jim McKenzie.