Sentence examples for in attempting to conclude from inspiring English sources

In attempting to conclude an alliance with Spain, Buckingham hoped to use Spanish influence to recover the Palatinate, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, for James's son-in-law, Frederick V.

One Eritrean attempting to conclude his affairs in the country last year was told by the embassy that he needed to pay £350 in Eritrea, and that nothing would be settled without full payment of the fee, which included a £200 charge for the Eritrean military.

Red Jacket retreated at the approach of General John Sullivan's American troops in 1779, and he even attempted to conclude a separate peace with the Americans.

He attempted to conclude an anti-Byzantine union with the Pechenegs, but his envoys could not match the financial resources of the Byzantines, who succeeded in outbidding them.

Béla attempted to conclude a peace treaty with the Holy Roman Empire.

Recalling various terrorism-linked, post September 11th incidents, Silber concludes, "The NYPD must remain vigilant in attempting to detect and disrupt any attack by Iran or its proxies.

"Both courts unanimously concluded that the facts I unearthed were the truth and that Dame Shirley Porter and David Weeks had lied to me in attempting to cover up their activities.

Manchester United are in discussions with Sporting Lisbon in an attempt to conclude Marcos Rojo's proposed move to Old Trafford.

The Israeli operation on Saturday night came one day after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an attempt to conclude a cease-fire agreement that had been under negotiation for weeks.

Documents obtained by The Observer show that the Germans are also holding secret talks with top US officials in an attempt to conclude a data-sharing agreement with America - first for Germany alone, then for the EU.

It was unclear from the terse White House account of the Karzai-Rice meeting what would be the next step by Washington in its frustrated attempt to conclude the security agreement in the less than six weeks remaining this year.