The phrase "attempts at encouraging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts made to motivate or inspire someone or a group.
Example: "The teacher's attempts at encouraging her students to participate more actively in class were evident in her engaging lesson plans."
Alternatives: "efforts to encourage" or "endeavors in motivating".
After several failed attempts at encouraging the use of boats to commute across the East River, city officials have an unforeseen problem: too many ferry riders.
Dr. Carol Dweck in her book, "Mindset," talks about how attempts at encouraging kids should always be directed towards effort – supporting the "growth mindset".
Direct attempts at encouraging dental visiting will need to involve initiatives that improve access to care, such as addressing the cost of dental care or the long waiting times that currently exist within the public dental system.
Making the diagnosis at 36 weeks meant the women could be offered an attempt at manually encouraging the baby to turn in the womb to the head-first position before labour - a manipulation method called external cephalic version.
Paris Photo's hosts, perhaps in an attempt at separation, encourage contemporary work.
Don't give up on birth control either," depicts some clumsy -- and hilarious -- attempts at sex, and encourages similar patience in finding the right contraceptive.
If you are able to acknowledge and understand your child's attempts at speech it encourages them to attempt more, and at the same time you are providing a good model of the speech.
"Attempts to encourage fun at work often backfire," says Paul Dolan, professor of psychological and behavioural science at the London School of Economics and author of Happiness by Design.
The prince was speaking to an audience of scholars at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - which attempts to encourage a better understanding of the culture and civilisation of the religion.
10, 18 More rigorous structural proof was subsequently obtained through X-ray crystallographic analysis of alcohol 17, formed upon acid-mediated desilylation of 16. 19 Subsequent oxidation with PCC then delivered the targeted ABC-ketone 2 (81 %) 19 along with diol 18 (11 %), containing the requisite oxygenation at C10. 20 Attempts to encourage complete oxidation to 18 were unsuccessful however.
While encouraging attempts at identifying potential savings in other programmes may actually increase the emphasis given to disinvestment and resource release in the PBMA process, implementation of disinvestments proposed in other areas is likely to prove challenging.
