Sentence examples for attempts to float from inspiring English sources

6.36pm BST 76 min: From the right-hand corner of the box, Odemwingie attempts to float a chip into the top left.

Like brother like, oh. 12 mins: Free-kick for Arsenal out on the right that Fabregas attempts to float into the middle.

The bank, which is 73% owned by the taxpayer and is on track for its ninth consecutive year of losses, is also abandoning its long-running attempts to float the Williams & Glyn branch network - a move the EU demanded as part of the bank's £45bn taxpayer bailout and a key plank of the government's plans to bolster competition on the high street.

Attempts to float her off failed.

She broke up after attempts to float her off failed.

The evidence for a sale seemed strong, as Brazilian attempts to float a multi-million-dollar loan against the value of their coffee crop in 1908 were unsuccessful.

It's reasonable to separate the whistle-blower from the garden-variety attempt to float anonymous charges".

Already used on the International Space Station, this oddly nose-shaped cup lets astronauts drink beverages without the liquids attempting to float off in homage to George Clooney in Gravity.

A consortium made up of private-equity firms and the Church of England has received at least £180m from Royal Bank of Scotland for backing the bailed-out bank's aborted attempt to float off 300 branches on the stock market.

The disposal of W&G is proving troublesome and expensive for RBS, which stunned the City last month by admitting it was abandoning its attempt to float the business on the stock market.

- Get on your back and attempt to float.