Sentence examples for attempts to screen from inspiring English sources

Previous attempts to screen out the bright sun relied on metal-based coatings that reduced visibility and interfered with electronic signals like those used for mobile telephones, garage-door openers and toll passes.

Consider Steve McQueen, for example, who values the all-encompassing sensory experience of his video installations so much, he resists all attempts to screen his work on a monitor.

A year earlier, Charles Strom, then the head of the institute's genetics lab, had heard Mark Hughes speak at a genetics meeting about his attempts to screen DNA for an anonymous couple who were trying to have a child who would be a cord-blood match.

In an analogous manner, 'nature mining' attempts to screen large soil databases for useful information.

Previous attempts to screen U.S. films on Ugandan life simply hadn't resonated with the local population, Hossy claims.

Early attempts to screen up to 400 candidate genes for association with late-onset sporadic AD (LOAD) resulted in a low yield, More recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have found 19 areas in genes that appear to affect the risk.

Burress Upsets Eagles Teams are attempting to screen bad apples from their draft boards and will continue to do so in the days leading to the draft.

In the confines of their departments, ministers find civil servants frequently attempting to screen them from such informal but vital contacts.

The push-ups, pull-ups and reading exams are the American military's attempt to screen the candidates and hasten their hoped-for entry into the Shiite-dominated Iraqi police.

The rest of the time, a player on offense either is standing around recovering his breath or is on the move, foxlike, looking for openings, sizing up chances, attempting to screen off a defensive man by "coming off guys," as van Breda Kolff puts it and thus upset the balance of power.

The rest of the time, a player on offense either is standing around recovering his breath or is on the move, foxlike, looking for openings, sizing up chances, attempting to screen off a defensive man — by "coming off guys," as van Breda Kolff puts it — and thus upset the balance of power.