Sentence examples for effort to kill a from inspiring English sources
So far, no serious effort to kill a whale has even been made, despite favourable weather and the presence of whales in the waters near the Makahs' village.
But Israel freed him in 1997 to win the release of two Israeli agents captured in Jordan after a failed effort to kill a Hamas leader there.
The administration dismisses that argument as overblown, an effort to kill a deal that Israel has made clear it detests, because it could enshrine the current status quo — with Iran close to the capability to build a weapon.
The order Wednesday came in an ongoing lawsuit over the department's year-old effort to kill a program designed to attract foreign-born military recruits who possess medical or language skills urgently needed in U.S. military operations.
Mr. Hillebrecht also said at the hearing that one of the eight murder conspiracies charged in the indictment had been planned in an effort to kill a reputed mobster.
Investigators examining explosives found in packages intercepted in Britain and Dubai suspect the material, preliminarily identified as PETN, points not only to the role of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen but to a sophisticated bomb-maker who last year sent his brother to his death in an effort to kill a Saudi prince.
He is also trying to thwart efforts to kill a proposal for a new agency to protect consumers from financial excesses and fraud.
This represents a triumph for the Ministry of Defence, which in five years never rested in its efforts to kill a story that it would have preferred we had never known about.
Businesses far from Wall Street have intensified their efforts to kill a largely overshadowed provision of the Senate's financial regulation bill giving shareholders more ammunition to shake up corporate boards.
Even if they fail to override the expected veto, they will be empowered to continue their efforts to kill a deal after the 60-day review period ends.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, fresh off a victory in persuading federal judges to dismiss a torture case for fear of revealing state secrets, is divided over using similar tactics to try to block a lawsuit over government efforts to kill an American citizen accused of ties to Al Qaeda.
