Sentence examples for firmly attempting from inspiring English sources

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He is your archetypal, utterly reasonable, besuited English civil servant of mature years, gently but firmly attempting to bring order and logic to a crazy universe.

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The leader of the group, Sir Richard Ottaway, described the travel ban as confrontational and ridiculous but a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman accused him of being confrontational, saying: "For those who really want to promote good relations the door remains open, but we are firmly opposed to anyone attempting to interfere in China's domestic affairs".

But the TGA disagrees, and is attempting to firmly redefine amyl as a substance that provides "a lubricating action between machinery parts" only.

Governor Pataki should firmly reject this attempted alteration in the law.

"Perhaps Alex Sabella does not have Sky to watch Juventus" – Carlos Tevez, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, attempts to explain his continued absence (and likely exclusion) from the Argentina manager's squad.

He later wrote in a letter to Wiener, "We are willing to do our part to house the elderly and the poor, but we firmly believe the city is attempting to shift to us, and to similar property owners, the entire burden of housing poor and disabled people in San Francisco".

In the 1970s and '80s Dong firmly opposed attempts to implement liberal economic reforms, but his obstinate stance only contributed to mounting pressure on him to step down.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said: "We are firmly against attempts by any country or individual to use the Nobel Peace Prize to interfere in China's internal affairs and infringe on China's judicial sovereignty".

The Immigration Order, along with Ron Paul's subsequent bill attempting to overturn the reform, put immigration firmly at the forefront of the political agenda.

However on attempting to release it, the boat became firmly embedded on rocks near the edge.

While not damaged in the incident, she was very firmly stuck and early attempts to pull her off failed, during which one seaman was killed and an officer badly wounded.

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