Sentence examples for change attempt from inspiring English sources

Many approaches to sound change attempt to derive common patterns of sound change from universal pressures, such as physiological and psychoacoustic constraints on speech.

To the Editor: Ward Wilson contends that "the real value of nuclear bombs is as status symbols, not as practical weapons"; this may be true, but surely these weapons are the best deterrent against any forcible regime change attempt by outsiders.

These theories of change attempt to explain the relationships between beliefs, practice, and student outcomes in a linear fashion, with changes to one aspect of instruction driving subsequent changes to the other in a defined temporal order.

Table 2 summarises the perceptions of physical health risk associated with the three lifestyle factors of interest, namely smoking, exercise and diet, as well as the desire to change, attempts to change and success in changing these behaviours.

However, there was no statistical difference between the two groups with respect to their level of perceived physical health risk arising from smoking and subsequent motivation to change, attempts to change and success in changing this behaviour.

These examples show that without a commitment from business to change, attempts to end gender inequality in this country just won't work.

But close relationships with resisters were a double-edged sword: Such ties helped change agents push through minor initiatives but hindered major change attempts.

But this year's slump was longer — he hit only one home run in 65 at-bats in spring training, too — and preceded by a lifestyle change attempted by few major-sport athletes.

For a quarter of a century, we have tried the approach of polite incremental change, attempting to bend the physical needs of the planet to our economic model's need for constant growth and new profit-making opportunities.

An example of an actual policy change attempted at the district level (Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina) included a complete ban on teachers transferring to schools that had met district goals for average teacher experience and fraction of teachers holding advanced degrees.

For the "influences" analysis, complete interview transcripts were reviewed for content addressing barriers and facilitators of change attempts.