Sentence examples for conscious attempt from inspiring English sources

And even a conscious attempt to avoid dialect features is not usually necessary.

"There was a conscious attempt to keep foreign workers out," says Connolly.

"Across the board, there's been a conscious attempt to deny that we exist".

In addition, "Xica da Silva" was a conscious attempt to break down an imposing social barrier.

Allen and Diehl spent the week in a conscious attempt at bonding.

The replacement of stars with hearts feels like a conscious attempt to soften Twitter's atmosphere.

"It was a very conscious attempt to put a face on the murdered masses," he said.

His self-conscious attempt to summon a jealous rage may be the best thing in "Bright Young Things".

Tracing Mr. Adams's lovelorn journey from New York to Nashville to Los Angeles, "Gold" is a more self-conscious attempt at greatness than "Heartbreaker".

So even little deviations from the source seemed like a self-conscious attempt by Mr. Bondy to shake up "Tosca" and rattle "Tosca" lovers.

Heated confrontations between the characters are drawn out excessively and too often played against merry music from oblivious Venetians in the background, a self-conscious attempt at irony.