Sentence examples for attempting to stop from inspiring English sources

The people behind this law were attempting to stop a glacier with a snow shovel.

Striking miners had then been attempting to stop convoys of lorries taking coal to Llanwern steelworks.

In 1855 Dickens opposed another piece of class-biased legislation attempting to stop Sunday trading.

Russia is attempting to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to same-sex spouses.

He was cut while attempting to stop a breakaway by Radek Dvorak.

Few companies could function without attempting to stop spam from invading their employees' in-boxes.

An older woman, who cursed at and slapped the riot police officers attempting to stop the rioters, cheered: "Advance, Russians!

And the right policies frequently try to lessen the burden to adapt to change, rather than attempting to stop it.

This second volume sees the motley crue attempting to stop a businessman from summoning a tentacled God.

The investment banks are also attempting to stop Mr Spitzer publishing all the internal documents he has subpoenaed.

The group is attempting to stop the sale of the toy, which is scheduled for the Christmas rush this year.