Sentence examples for attempted to secure from inspiring English sources

In this office he attempted to secure a guarantee of religious liberty in the colonies.

"Nobody has attempted to secure the visual appearance of the property," he said.

The group has also attempted to secure funding from international organisations, with little success.

Despite spending the afternoon in a hot and crowded helicopter everyone attempted to secure the former.

They had attempted to secure the overall No. 1 pick from the Cleveland Browns, according to several N.F.L. executives.

Historically the course has included a team project in which students built a piece of software and attempted to secure it.

Saakashvili was elected president the following year and immediately opened a campaign against corruption, sought to stabilize the economy, and attempted to secure the country against ethnic strife.

Gorkić summoned Broz to the CPY's Vienna headquarters, where he attempted to secure his cooperation by bringing him into the CPY Politburo.

On nine previous occasions Preston have attempted to secure promotion via the play-offs and every time they have been denied.

The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, attempted to secure United Nations backing for military action against people-smuggling networks operating from Libyan waters.

Returning to Ireland in May 1562, O'Neill routed the MacDonnells, as well as the loyal O'Donnells of the northwest, and attempted to secure support from Scotland and France.