The phrase "attempting to close it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing an effort or action to shut or finish something, whether it's a document, a conversation, or a situation.
Example: "After several attempts to resolve the issue, the team is now attempting to close it once and for all."
Alternatives: "trying to finalize it" or "working to shut it down".
Dr Powers said it remains unclear whether the decision is "clearing a path" for an inquest or attempting to "close it off" in the face of vocal and sustained public pressure.
However, the Equal Payback Project is aiming to highlight this vast gap by attempting to close it.
Tens of millions of Americans are within the reach and wake of an Indian Point nuclear disaster, which is why New York City councilmembers have come out against Indian Point and are attempting to close it.
The project was so successful that in 1996 corrupt government officials who benefited from the poaching attempted to close it down.
HSBC insisted the fresh funds raised would go to straight to central group funds although it conceded that it would have to put more capital into Household even as it attempted to close it down.
"Nevertheless, it is not impossible that Iran would attempt to close it, although probably only as a last resort reaction to a foreign move that it would consider tantamount to an act of war — such as Western attempts to block Iranian oil exports".
It's also apparently why no government or law enforcement agency has ever attempted to close it down.
On April 6, Abdul Aziz established a sharia court in parallel with Pakistan's federal judicial system and pledged thousands of suicide attacks if the government attempted to close it.
The door opens a little bit at a time and I'm screaming, using all of my force to attempt to close it but it's just not good enough.
On Thursday, Australia's immigration minister, Peter Dutton, said he believed it was "outrageous" that people were still living at the Manus facility after the government attempted to close it.
It has a chequered history of prosecutions and reportedly had to see off a serious attempt to close it down and transfer its responsibilities to other bodies.
