Sentence examples for attempting to check from inspiring English sources

Against most expectations the two have kept in diplomatic step in attempting to check Iran's nuclear programme.

The Crusades, attempting to check this advance, initially enjoyed success, founding a Christian state in Palestine and Syria, but the continued growth of Islamic states ultimately reversed those gains.

Many of those attempting to check the condition of their homes, retrieve possessions and, in some cases, search for the bodies of relatives seemed dazed by what they found.

Attempting to check that power in the workplace may also risk retaliatory consequences.

Attempting to check Avalanche forward Andrew Brunette, Canucks defenceman Nolan Baumgartner collided with Cloutier, causing a goal and forcing Cloutier out of the game with both a concussion and whiplash.

"That doesn't mean other states aren't attempting to check for restraining orders, but in some cases, people with restraining orders out against them are slipping through the cracks," Gerney said.

They attempted to check in with the F.D.N.Y. chiefs present, but were rebuffed.

Some attempted to check personal software and internet connections but the fault lay with the Revenue's own overloaded system.

When James Clerk Maxwell discovered (in 1865) that his kinetic theory suggested this result, he found it difficult to believe and attempted to check it experimentally.

Many, including West and Elliott, attempted to check out – through Asic and online searches – the investment companies that had stung them.

Cotler writes that "wine merchants once attempted to check the popularity of coffee in France by starting a rumor that it was an anaphrodisiac".