Sentence examples for attempted to settle a from inspiring English sources

However, when she recently attempted to settle a £1,621 balance a power cut meant her debit card payment wasn't processed and she missed the deadline.

The playful linguistic feud between the broadcasters John Humphrys and Melvyn Bragg peaked on Monday afternoon as the pair attempted to settle a simmering question: should the present tense be used to talk about the past?

The war metaphor suggests opposing sides, both attempting to settle a dispute through violence.

His new film revolves around four disastrous days in the life of a Glasgow disc jockey as he attempts to settle a dispute between rival Italian ice-cream gangs.

The fresh legal action comes as Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group attempts to settle a mounting number of civil claims over alleged voicemail interception by the News of the World, which closed in July 2011.

This paper attempts to settle a long-standing issue concerning the differences in Markstein numbers measured by different experimental protocols.

MP3.com mppp said it would cut off access to music from major record labels through its "My.MP3.com" service as the music portal attempts to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by those record companies.

At the time, Deutsche Bank was attempting to settle a federal mortgage fraud case and charges from New York state regulators for its alleged role in a possible Russian money-laundering scheme, the Washington Post reported.

Since the beginning of Western colonialism, many governments have attempted to settle pastoralists into an agricultural economy, often considered to be more 'civilized' than pastoralism (Fratkin and Roth 2005).

Fred also has been credited for his efforts in challenging abusive class action settlements in which corporations attempted to settle their liability for a fraction of what individuals would otherwise be entitled to recover in the courts.

LucasFilm sent a second cease-and-desist letter in September 2009 and says it attempted to settle the situation without a lawsuit to no avail.