Sentence examples for attempting to embark from inspiring English sources

Yet they stood fast with the Confederacy: writing home in 1862, Friedenwald warned his family that a Union victory would "palsy the fervent immigrant from attempting to embark to a land of dissension, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations will be a land without law and Liberty".

A8 A senior United Nations official says that Secretary General Kofi Annan, spurred by allegations of fraud and mismanagement in the handling of the oil-for-food aid program in Iraq, is attempting to embark on a series of changes in how the organization is organized and does business.

Capra Sr lived on for another 30 years without ever going behind a camera again, while Frank Jr built up his show-business credentials, though he initially attempted to embark on a completely different career.

Fuelled by jealousy of her sister's West End success, she attempts to embark on a celebrity career.

But as Michael attempts to embark upon his newly realized domestic bliss, he finds himself confronted with remnants of his dark past and is forced to venture back into Paris's drug-fueled underground art scene, accompanied by his ex-girlfriend Anaïs (played by Marie-France Alvarez), to settle an unpaid debt.

Following an improbable surprise wedding aboard a submarine, Christian Alice and Muslim Teddy attempt to embark on a life of bliss.

The overhaul of the Co-op is taking place amid attempts to embark on sweeping changes to the way the business is run.

However, attempts to embark his 3,000 men ended in chaos; with only 1,200 men managing to board because of a shortage of boats and the artillery taking up an unexpected amount of space on board.

Following Ost ([ 26]:543), by inter-disciplinarity we mean the attempt to embark upon a 'dialogue' among disciplines leading to the (partial) reorganisation of theoretical frames and operational hypotheses.

Tottenham improved as half-time loomed, with Bale attempting to ignite his team by embarking on a 40-yard gallop down the right, turning Dejan Lovren this way and that until the covering Lacazette booted the ball out for a corner.

Attempting to defeat the Shah once and for all, Suleiman embarked upon a second campaign in 1548 1549.