Sentence examples for makes attempts at from inspiring English sources

Living in a series of foster homes, some congenial, others thug-infested, Eire makes attempts at acclimation that amount to reinvention: in Miami, he strives to "kill" "Carlos" (hence the title) and redefine himself as an American named "Charles"; in Bloomington, Illinois, he has "Chuck" written on his high-tops.

Though the picture makes attempts at balance, it would be a mistake to say it has the even-handedness of a down-the-middle docudrama, because "Sunday" is clearly on the side of the 15,000 Irish-Catholic demonstrators who turned out to make a nonviolent point about their grievances at what they saw as discrimination by the Protestant majority in the Ulster Government.

Existing statistical models employed to assess how changes in biomarkers impact on cognitive function are limited and need further development and the historic lack of standardisation in both sampling and analysis makes attempts at post hoc data harmonisation challenging.

It is possible that the short version of NAGS has to be associated with another protein in order to bind glutamate efficiently, which makes attempts at site prediction premature without further empirical testing.

The opposition has already made attempts at coordination.

Throughout the night, Bono made attempts at inspiration and conversion.

To Carter's credit, his Administration did make attempts at tax reform.

Throughout a recent concert at the Meadowlands, Bono made attempts at inspiration and conversion.

The report concluded that the department was making attempts at progress but needed a far greater effort against entrenched abuses.

In the years after the filming, she had a breakdown, made attempts at suicide and fell into drug addiction.

The opposition posed by a countermovement may have the same effect, making attempts at persuasion difficult and dangerous and causing a nonviolent, noncoercive movement to use force.