Sentence examples for been attempted by a from inspiring English sources

Nothing of the kind had ever been attempted by a European orchestra.

In Africa, she canoed up the Ogooué river and pioneered a route to the summit of Mount Cameroon, which had never been attempted by a European.

Much has been written about how such a massive undertaking has been attempted by a team of less than 15 people.

Jackson's stroke of inspiration was to fuse black R&B and white rock – something that is now routine, but had not at that point been attempted by a big-name pop act.

Churchill, in one of his inimitable radio broadcasts to the nation, described the Act as "the greatest scheme of improved education that has ever been attempted by a responsible government".

Experts agree that the Premier League leaders' £24.5m sale of player image rights to an external company – one of those two significant arrangements – has never been attempted by a football club before.

So Benson set out to do what has rarely been attempted by an American filmmaker: make two movies about one relationship.

This was attempted by a proxy fight.

True, and there are some accents that shouldn't be attempted by a Scotsman.

In December 1884 another coup was attempted by a group of pro-Japanese reformists, but it failed because of the Qing military presence in Korea.

The 4,000-foot 4,000-foot 1,220-metre 1,220-metreh had to be climbed to reach the South Col, was attempted by a route running beside a long spur ofaceck christened the Éperof des Genevois.