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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attempts to table" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a legislative or formal context to indicate the action of postponing or setting aside a discussion or motion for future consideration.
Example: "During the meeting, the committee attempts to table the proposal until more information can be gathered."
Alternatives: "seeks to postpone" or "tries to set aside".
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Activists have drawn attention to insidious measures to curtail LGBTI people's freedoms, including campaigns against Russia's repeated attempts to table a UN Human Rights Council resolution on "traditional values," which has been called a "smokescreen to obscure and legitimise the exclusion of minority and disfranchised groups in society".
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He voiced "serious concerns" in a committee meeting and attempted to table the bill, according to a report.
But Downing Street made clear that it would fight any attempt to table a no-confidence motion in the prime minister.
Yesterday a gay rights group, Outrage! complained that one of the mayor's advisers had blocked its attempt to table a motion "regretting" his stance towards Dr Qaradawi.
The Tory MP Christopher Chope also attempted to table an amendment to a government motion on Wednesday to prevent any new days being allocated for private members' bills, a bid to scupper Cooper's bill.
Murrison had attempted to table an amendment to the prime minister's Brexit deal last week, putting a time-limit on the backstop, but it was not selected by the Speaker, John Bercow.
Murrison had attempted to table an amendment to the prime minister's Brexit deal last week, putting a time-limit on the backstop, but it was not selected by the Speaker.
The contentious issue split the European Union which attempted to table a compromise proposal.
Despite opposition to the measure, where students took to the streets to demand "grants not debt", an attempt by Labour to table an annulment motion aimed at blocking the proposal was voted down by 306 to 292.
However, physicians did encounter barriers during their attempts to improve (Table 5).
The Good Food Institute attempts to take ethics off the table for consumers.
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