Sentence examples for knowingly trying from inspiring English sources

He is not suspected of knowingly trying to mislead the police.

I can absolutely understand your sense of frustration but, from what you say, I don't think your company is knowingly trying to cheat you.

Charles A. Stillman, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who has defended politicians in corruption cases, said the frequency and purpose of Mr. Spitzer's financial transactions would determine whether he was knowingly trying to keep banks from spotting and reporting the activity as suspicious.

How can this be viewed in the same light as athletes who knowingly try to cheat with performance-enhancing drugs?

However, the jury found that Jay Merchant and his co-conspirators had knowingly tried to fix rates in an effort to help the bank make money on its own trades.

In his plea, Mr. Gallo of Freehold, N.J., said he had knowingly tried to defraud investors, often by discouraging them from selling failing stocks and by making false statements about companies whose stocks DMN handled.

But the judge, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court, wrote that a person violated the jury tampering statute only when he or she knowingly tried to influence a juror's decision through a written communication "made in relation to a specific case pending before that juror".

The judge, Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court, wrote in a 27-page opinion that a person violated the jury tampering statute only when he knowingly tried to influence a juror's action or decision by means of a written communication made in relation to "a specific case pending before that juror".

"I accept that no one from management would knowingly try to employ an adult on 69p an hour and that this is a legacy issue related to pay and conditions more appropriate for schoolchildren doing short local paper rounds before school … The value of the Co-op's brand is that it trades ethically.

To that end they accepted the charges against them - that they knowingly tried to smuggle 11kg (24lb) of pure cocaine out of the country.

There was a rumour going around that you knowingly tried fentanyl.