Sentence examples for lengthy attempt from inspiring English sources

Sadly, a lengthy attempt to convince her to text the word "HIYA" to Swift results in a stern: "We are not.

The four players suspended by the N.F.L. for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program prepared Thursday for what could be a lengthy attempt to overturn their suspensions.

After a lengthy attempt at helping her and to suggest other interesting titles that I thought she might enjoy, her response was to ask me if I would check the Chapters-Indigo website and see if they had the book she was looking for so she could then go home and order it online!

Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved to Manhattan in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture.

Today's court appearance by BAE is the culmination of lengthy attempts to bring the company to justice since the Guardian exposed its worldwide secret payment system.

However, it's a book that rightly has wider ambitions, because these insistent, lengthy attempts to become pregnant raise more elemental questions about what it means to desire a child.

Although Charvaka doctrine had disappeared by the end of the medieval period, its onetime importance is confirmed by the lengthy attempts to refute it found in both Buddhist and orthodox Hindu philosophical texts, which also constitute the main sources for knowledge of the doctrine.

One of the most high-profile whale deaths in the UK in recent years was that of a northern bottle-nosed whale which swam up the Thames in January 2006 and died after lengthy attempts to rescue it.

Another witness, Peter Fritz, told the BBC one of the three people killed was a Thai tourist who was shot in the head and didn't respond to lengthy attempts to revive him.

"It's a source of regret that, despite all Russia's repeated and lengthy attempts to organize the investigation in such a way that it is comprehensive and unbiased, and for it to consider all the information we have... there is an obvious attempt to draw a biased conclusion, and carry out political orders," Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday.

German carmakers Volkswagen and Porsche announced last night that they planned to merge, bringing to a sudden and dramatic end a lengthy takeover attempt by the sports car manufacturer of its larger rival.