Sentence examples for attempts at restoring from inspiring English sources

Her attempts at restoring the fortunes of the Ptolemaic dynasty, however, were thwarted by Caesar's assassination and her unsuccessful support of Mark Antony against Caesar's great-nephew Octavian.

Tells about the destruction to the caves & frescoes caused by the elements, animals, and man, and about successive attempts at restoring & preserving the caves & the paintings.

Several attempts at restoring the peace agreement have foundered on Unita's refusal to allow the government to take over and administer towns captured by Unita since the election took place.

In addition, he would provide the country with a well-organized government, and thus so strengthened feelings of popular unity that after his death (although he left no legal heir) there were no attempts at restoring the former duchies and principalities.

Counterintuitively, despite attempts at restoring homeostasis through the process of angiogenesis, tissue hypoxia prevails due to the immaturity and dysfunctional nature of the newly formed vessels [ 6].

Attempts at restoring vision in dogs and human by gene therapy have been made, providing optimism regarding potential for recovery of functional vision [ 36- 41].

Godaigo's ill-fated Kenmu Restoration, an attempt at restoring full political power to the imperial line, was grounded in part in his understanding of imperial authority as defined by Neo-Confucian texts.

The honour was dubious, with Giménez famous for all the wrong reasons after her attempt at restoring a painting of Christ in her local church in 2012.

Though she became a laughing stock the world over a year ago for her botched attempt at restoring a fresco in a 16th-century Spanish church, it turns out there is no such thing as bad publicity for Cecilia Giménez.

Fame has come late to Cecilia Gímenez, an 80-year-old Spanish painter whose disastrous attempt at restoring a 19th-century Ecce Homo on the walls of her local church spread her name around the globe over the summer.

Andronicus III's reign was to be marked by Byzantium's last genuine and promising attempt at restoring "the glory that was once Rome".