Sentence examples for has attempted for from inspiring English sources

Despite the wider economy's problems, the government has attempted for two years to cool an overheated property market to soothe discontent among middle-class Chinese, who are increasingly priced out of the urban housing market.

Mr. Qaddafi appeared to have reversed months of insistence by the government that the rebellion was dangerous precisely because it was a front for radical Islamists, whom the Qaddafi regime has attempted for decades to suppress.

I worked with a client last week who really wants to achieve a goal she has attempted for a few years.

I have attempted for forty years to get writing students to avoid such constructions, an endeavor that has resulted in serial failure.

The Roman Catholic Church had attempted for years to root out the heresy from southern France, where it remained popular, particularly among the nobility.

They have attempted for months now to broker a settlement (with little success so far) that nullifies the tribunal and thus averts bloodshed.

It could get even worse for Deans – Barnes could yet be forced to fly straight home, thereby missing the entire Wallaby Grand Slam tour of the UK & Ireland, the first they have attempted for 25 years.

"We have attempted for over a year to negotiate an amicable resolution of this dispute," Hindery said, "and we are continually confronted with misleading statements to the press and obfuscations from Cablevision".

Owners and management have attempted for years to wrestle the hammer away, to put a tax on high payrolls to discourage owners from spending lavishly to get star players.

Scholars have attempted for more than a century to understand who is portrayed in this painting.

I've attempted (for a while now, anyways) to take care of my body.