Sentence examples for attempts to settle the from inspiring English sources

Despite his skepticism, he acknowledged that this was, to date, one of the most impressive attempts to settle the question.

A fresh round of protests in Brazil has seen more than 250,000 people take to the street and new clashes despite government attempts to settle the unrest.

Now he brags about his divorce from Kim and attempts to settle the score with his mother by offering incriminating details about his childhood.

Since then, the documents have been in limbo, sitting in the auction house's storage vault while attempts to settle the dispute out of court have failed.

Two unsuccessful attempts to settle the islands during the 17th century and one in 1810 preceded the stationing of a British garrison on Tristan da Cunha in 1816, when the island group was formally annexed by the United Kingdom.

After several attempts to settle the case failed, jury selection began on Thursday, focusing on whether jurors had heard of the case — many had — and whether they were willing to sit for a six- to eight-week trial.

He also played a role in attempting to settle the crisis in the Central African Republic.

He started to organize his finances, and attempted to settle the numerous lawsuits pending against him across the country.

In November 2012 Puerto Ricans went to the polls for the fourth time in 45 years to attempt to settle the question of the commonwealth's political status.

— Glenn Collins Ecocentric: Everything you ever wanted to know about collard greens, and an attempt to settle the eternal debate: long-braised or quick-cooked?

In reality the "Jewish state" opening gambit is an attempt to settle the Palestinian refugee issue ahead of discussion of other final-status questions like borders.