The phrase "attempts to generate a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to create or produce something, often in a technical or creative context.
Example: "The software attempts to generate a realistic simulation of the weather patterns."
Alternatives: "tries to create a" or "seeks to produce a".
There will be no income tax, national insurance or VAT rises for the next five years under a Tory government, David Cameron will promise as he attempts to generate a final surge of campaigning momentum before the general election.
In addition, as demonstrated by 100 failed attempts to generate a cloned macaque in 2007, a viable pregnancy is not guaranteed.
StrucEluc attempts to generate a set of candidate structures consistent with the data.
Previous attempts to generate a similar model [117] failed to induce Rb expression in maturing cone precursors and further efforts are necessary.
Any attempts to generate a long-term climatology based on this period (since AD 1970) therefore are very likely to underestimate the frequency of events and especially the most extreme events.
Previous attempts to generate a public buzz for space exploration have been limited to gimmicky stunts like pizza delivery to space and a failed plan to launch pop star Lance Bass into orbit.
Attempts to generate an animal model for studying the healing pattern of a chronic TMP have until recently been disappointing.
Despite decades of attempts to generate an atomic structure of VP6, it has not been possible to crystallize the protein.
Strains carrying the CTM (CTMt) and CE2-AR2-CTM (CE2truncationsons were successfully generated (Fig. 1), but parallel attempts to generate an AR2-CTM truncation were not.
Attempts to generate an animal model that replicates these findings have so far been unsuccessful (Li et al, 2007a, b; Wang et al, 2007).
In most cases, however, the attempt to generate a distinct fund has failed, and "contributions" have become just another tax with expenditures on, for example, retirement pensions paid irrespective of the resources available to the fund.
