Sentence examples for clearly trying for from inspiring English sources

Willfully eccentric, Steele is clearly trying for a kind of autocanonization, acting the cracked prophet in the hopes that he'll be placed in the company of Syd Barrett, Brian Wilson, and others.

Michael Douglas, no fool as either producer or actor at tapping into the concerns of the moment, and Joel Schumacher, whose liberal credentials are not to be seriously questioned, are clearly trying for a Taxi Driver for the nineties.

Alex Garland, the English novelist who did the screenplay, and Mark Romanek, the American director, are clearly trying for an analogue to Ishiguro's celebrated poise — the calmly meditative style in which intimations of the sinister slowly but surely creep like hemlock into the reader's imagination.

As if on cue, Mr. Bush, the establishment candidate, arrived at the Assembly of God church for the 11 a.m. service, which featured a crowd of musicians who were clearly trying out for a possible Bush inauguration.

"Faith, Hope y Amor" is his first major-label album in several years, and it's clearly trying to make up for lost time, and lost styles.

Mr. Gore is a much more experienced debater than Mr. Bush, and Mr. Bush's aides mentioned that several times today, clearly trying to lower expectations for the Texas governor to the point where he was certain to exceed them.

With an IPO on the horizon, the company is clearly trying to position itself for sustained growth outside of the developer world.

Some of the models were clearly trying to sort that out for themselves.

Mr Arafat is clearly trying to meet the demands for reform: he urged the parliament to endorse the cabinet he appointed in June, which includes a new interior minister and a new finance minister with untainted records.

With his visit, Mr. Hollande was clearly trying to demonstrate his support for French troops and the NATO mission despite his pledge to withdraw all French combat forces ahead of schedule.

Parrot is clearly trying to tune its drones for use other than just casual aerial photography.