Sentence examples for in its first attempt from inspiring English sources
India's Mangalyaan, or "Mars craft" in Hindi, is not the first orbiter to reach the Red Planet — the United States, the Soviet Union and the European Space Agency have previously achieved that feat — but it has done so in its first attempt and on a shoestring budget of $74 million.
However, Amgen failed in its first attempt to invalidate two patents on Humira formulations.
A new pro-business party appeared to have cleared the 4 percent hurdle needed to gain seats in Parliament in its first attempt.
In its first attempt to gauge the scale of the problem, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) last year retrieved data from 300 police authorities across the country.
He was spokesman for the court in its first attempt to construe the amendment, passed after the American Civil War largely to assure the rights of the newly freed slaves.
A few tense minutes later, screens in the control room revealed that India had managed to do what no other nation had done before succeeded in its first attempt to reach Mars safely.
The LMS failed in its first attempts in Tonga and the Marquesas, although it was more successful in Huahine (in the Society Islands), the Tuamotus, the Cook Islands, and, later, Samoa.
Martin Havlat scored twice for Ottawa, which ended a four-game unbeaten streak as it failed in its second attempt for a franchise-record 49th victory.
South Africa won the Hopman Cup in its eighth attempt when it defeated surprise finalist Thailand in a thrilling championship yesterday in Perth, Australia, in the mixed teams tournament.
A few months later he intercepted the German squadron under Admiral von Hipper in its third attempt on the English coastal towns.
