Sentence examples for major attempts from inspiring English sources

Two major attempts to crush the rebellion at its heart by taking Richmond had ended in embarrassing failures.

Nor does it mention the Chemical Weapons Convention or the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the world's other two major attempts to police weapons of mass destruction.

The Korean war saw the first major attempts at what became known as brainwashing, where interrogators and political commissars sought to "turn" Americans against their own government.

Yes, in my book I mention two major attempts to formalize detached Arabic: the first by Nasri Khattar's Unified Arabic and the second by Cecil Hourani and Mourad Boutros's Basic Arabic.

Nine of these 10 teams made major attempts, either through quality or quantity, to reshape their rosters using free agency and trades while also getting their draft picks up to speed.

Malaria has managed to elude several major attempts to bring it under control.

The New York route was a major attempt to upgrade Thai's image.

There is no sign of any major attempt to raise tax and spending plans to continental levels.

It's a cause for concern that the one major attempt to launch a totally new property – Warner Brothers Edge off Tomorrow – bombed in the most receptive place.

Today's official announcement of Bobby Valentine as the new manager of the Red Sox is, I suspect, the organization's first major attempt to cheer us all up.

The project was the first time such a major attempt had been made to forensically examine the motivations behind a riot since the work in Detroit in 1967.