Sentence examples for attempting to lay from inspiring English sources

He is attempting to lay the groundwork for treatments for muscular dystrophy.

But nothing could have prepared one crew member for being swallowed up by the giant tarpaulin that they were attempting to lay across the pitch.

In some cases, they were attempting to lay down boom in double layers; in others, their boom trapped oil in the marsh, rather than keeping it out.

News of the group's alleged attack plans sent a tremor through the largely peaceful Danish society, which is attempting to lay to rest the 2005 cartoon debacle.

To watch the outraged commentators attempting to lay a glove on him is to imagine them doggy-paddling in the wake of his best freestyle time.

Imagine if Mr. Biswas had not owned this poor house, he suggests to his comfortable readers: "How terrible it would have been, at this time, to be without it... to have lived without even attempting to lay claim to one's portion of the earth; to have lived and died as one had been born, unnecessary and unaccommodated".

Attempting to lie on his back.

But when she gets to particulars, Noonan attempts to lay out Mrs. Clinton's direct role, forcefully summarizing significant if familiar episodes as points of evidence.

Soundmap's MP3 walking tour attempts to lay bare the famous east London street that has been trodden by immigrants to the capital for centuries.

The World Cup winners should have made the game safe soon after, when Press attempted to lay on a tap-in for Pugh who was clearly offside.

Indeed, if Zimbabwe, South Africa or Kashmir are any sort of precedent, attempts to lay down the law as the former colonial power only fuel resentment.