Sentence examples for avoided attempts from inspiring English sources
Analysts here said China had avoided attempts to influence the parliamentary election with overt threats or intimidation, since saber rattling before past elections appeared to have increased support for the Democratic Progressive Party.
Mr. Polanski's lawyers, in an appellate court filing in August, said the district attorney's office had avoided attempts at extradition, which might have resulted in hearings at which judicial misconduct would have been raised as an issue.
Responsible for the murder of assorted judges, politicians, over 500 policemen, at least one referee and thousands of rival cartel members who displeased him, Pablo Escobar had surrendered himself to Colombian authorities in the early 1990s, having first avoided attempts to extradite him to the USA.
Mr. Spielberg and the screenwriters, Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, have wisely avoided attempting to reproduce the atmosphere and effects of the stage production, in which Joey and the other horses are portrayed by huge puppets.
We were constantly mindful of the risk of over-interpretation and avoided attempting quantitative assessment of measures of agreement/disagreement.
Gloriana is better when avoiding attempts at intimacy.
It called for "adequate protections" to avoid "attempts to coerce or manipulate participation.'' The report also expressed worry about the absence of regulation over experiments that do not receive federal money.
Its reputation has been dented by allegations of sex crimes levelled at its founder Julian Assange - who has now spent a year inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, avoiding attempts to extradite him to Sweden.
It strengthens when you avoid attempts by others to entice you with their sweets.
Good journalism requires that reporters rigorously avoid attempts to influence coverage one way or another, from advertisers, government officials, PR agencies and even the boss's bosses, as in Lauer's case.
It was emphasised to all participants that they should avoid attempts to reorder the words in these scrambled statements.
