Sentence examples for contributions to try from inspiring English sources

It is not the first time the mayor has used campaign contributions to try to get something that he wanted for the city.

He has also agreed to head the board of advisers of the International AIDS Trust, which also relies on private contributions, to try to develop effective prevention programs and methods for delivering treatment.

"We had one or two good partnerships in the game but we need some bigger contributions to try and get some big partnerships together," he added.

I.B.M. is making the code contribution to try to help make it easier and more appealing for software developers to write applications in the Java programming language.

It's my small sliver of contribution to try to right the wrongs committed in the past," says Depp, who directed Brando in the little-watched Native American drama The Brave in 1997.

The move is one of the largest transfers ever of proprietary code to free software, and I.B.M. is making the code contribution to try to help make it easier and more appealing for software developers to write applications in the Java programming language.

Mr. Chang had no experience soliciting contributions, but agreed to try.

"Our contribution has been to try to get the parties together before it's too late," she said.

On Tuesday, Mr. Kushner was charged with obstructing a federal investigation into his business dealings and political contributions by hiring prostitutes to try to seduce two men he believed were cooperating with federal prosecutors in the case.

"A first innings lead of 91 might prove to be tricky to overcome, but it's an easier wicket to bat on than on day one and the Lancashire side will be hoping for batting contributions through the order to try and put on a good total.

It probably doesn't".People in his situation should be asking themselves, "What is your contribution to this society...and if [they] could make one contribution, it should be to try and forgive, not to forget, but to forgive, and rejoice that the circumstances which created violence are gone," he added.His fellow guest disagreed completely.