Sentence examples for make a determined attempt from inspiring English sources

Mr Rohter does, however, make a determined attempt to answer the third, arguing that Brazil has the same sort of racism that America suffered from.

Not until the reign of Pope Alexander VI (1492 1503) did the papacy make a determined attempt to assert authority over the whole state.

Up front, Treasure Beach was making a determined attempt to be the second outsider in as many days to steal a Classic.

Nevertheless, the classicizing theorists of the 16th century made a determined attempt to explain existing poetry by the rules of short and long and to draft "laws" by which modern verse might move in Classical metres.

Kasparov made a determined attempt to defeat Kramnik, his former protege and match assistant, in a positional battle, but as he has so often in this series, Kramnik defended himself smoothly.

On the same visit to Clogwyn Du'r Arddu he made a determined attempt on the White Slab – perhaps the finest of all courses on Welsh rock, its ascent not completed until 1956.

He and Bonham Carter seem to make a determined effort not to suffer too gated a life.

He thinks it is time to make a determined effort to win back the voters.

If you've started to retreat and withdraw from people, make a determined effort to face the world.

We hope to make a determined effort on governance and ethics.

The new presidential administration must make a determined effort to mount new initiatives that reduce these weapons, reduce these risks.