Sentence examples for bid to restore from inspiring English sources

A curfew was imposed from 8pm local time in a bid to restore calm.

Law enforcement authorities fired tear gas in a desperate bid to restore order.

In a bid to restore order, the security forces have been ordered to shoot rioters on sight.

Indeed, Schweitzer justified the closing of the Belgian plant as a hard but necessary bid to restore Renault's competitiveness.

In a bid to restore the light, each man reflects on the traditions of his own order.

The problem, his opponents say, is that in its bid to restore order the government is provoking exactly the violence it says it is trying to quash.

The Norwegian is keen to set up a team to investigate "a new approach to records in Europe" in a bid to restore the public's faith.

His insatiable appetite for power alienated some of his old allies, including Liang, and his final bid to restore the monarchy was widely unpopular.

It was meant as a stunt to try and convince voters he would not break his promises in a bid to restore trust in voters.

Patton Boggs had already been struggling with financial pressures common to the legal industry and has recently been exploring possible mergers in a bid to restore its stability.

In a bid to restore investors' confidence, the Nasdaq Stock Market announced new rules yesterday to increase the independence of corporate boards and root out conflicts of interest.