Sentence examples for attempts at gaining from inspiring English sources

Such attempts at gaining an unfair advantage could be put down to the seemingly unfair treatment the sport metes out to its bowlers, especially in one-day games.

This gave rise to Jewish attempts at gaining ownership of the land adjacent to the Wall.

With the Anishinaabe expansion and Hurons attempts at gaining regional stability, the Sauks were driven away by the Hurons armed with French weapons.

This gives an advantage to large-genome organisms, since they make more attempts at gaining in fitness.

"This has been a great experience for me," she said, referring to her first attempt at gaining elective office.

For Morgan Stanley, the new joint venture with Huaxin is a second attempt at gaining access to China's local securities market.

The centerpiece of New Delhi's new strategic relationship with Washington was a civil nuclear agreement, an attempt at gaining access to embargoed nuclear know-how.

To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first attempt at gaining a better understanding on how parallelization benefits virtual network embedding.

What we essentially learn that the whole thing was either a convoluted flight gone wrong (1. Dad yells during balloon test. 2. Kid hides. 3. Dad thinks kid is in balloon when he can't find him. 4. Profit!) or a ham-handed attempt at gaining publicity (1. Balloon escapes/is let go. 2. Dad tells kid to hide. 3. World watches balloon race. 4. Profit!).

This is such a blatant attempt at gaining cool through osmosis, I'm beginning to think that Glitter may not be as good of a movie as I think it is.

For the bulk of my life, my attempt at gaining it all was mostly focused on my career, while my family, friends and anything mirroring a relationship waited in the wings.