Sentence examples for in an effort to settle from inspiring English sources
In April, Judge Walton referred the parties to mediation in an effort to settle the case.
Bishop said Australia had offered to return the documents "in an effort to settle the ICJ case amicably, and as a signal of our goodwill towards Timor-Leste".
During the following six months, his parents went into mediation in an effort to settle their divorce more amicably, and Max was weaned off his medications.
Local immigration authorities recently began the mammoth task of verifying the citizenship of Rakhine's Muslim population in an effort to settle the explosive question.
The airline's chief executive, Willie Walsh, met with trade union leaders in an effort to settle a dispute over planned cost cuts.
The state transportation agency, in an effort to settle a decade-old lawsuit, has agreed to redesign state highways to stop polluted runoff from fouling the coastline.
Mr. Kato's effort to bring down the government amounted in part to an effort to settle scores in the party.
In 1997, rejecting an effort to settle the claims of "hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions" of people exposed to asbestos through a $1.3 billion class action, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg traced the history of attempts to bind together many claims in a single suit.
Price once described her willingness to identify Adams as a former I.R.A. member as an effort to "settle scores".
By Andy Borowitz July 20 , 2012NEW HAMPSHIRE (The Borowitz Report) — In a new effort to settle nagging questions about his finances, Republican Presidential pick Mitt Romney today told reporters that his dog ate his tax returns and also served as C.E.O. of Bain Capital from 1999 to 2002.
