Sentence examples for members attempted from inspiring English sources

Some family members attempted to go and look for their daughters to no avail.

One such event ended in farce last year, when members attempted to march through Liverpool, which they had condemned as "the heart and home of the reds".

China and Russia, which hold veto power as permanent council members, attempted to block the effort to confront Pyongyang over the issue of human rights abuses.

In order to relieve the downward pressure on prices, OPEC members attempted to transform the organization into a more formal cartel, with production quotas for each member.

Though his mother belonged to the ruling Bacchiadae dynasty, clan members attempted to kill him at birth because his father was an outsider.

During Tuesday's Assembly session, the issue of illegal immigration also flared up, as Republican members attempted to force a vote on a measure to block Gov. Eliot Spitzer's plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

Diving to the ground, crew members attempt to form a tight circle and point their feet toward the approaching flames.

Council members' attempts to get an explanation from Syria were blocked by Russia, France and China, a United Nations diplomat said, and by Syria itself when it became a Council member.

Last month Amnesty International warned that basic rights were under attack after two opposition parties reported the arrests of many members attempting to hold peaceful protests.

40th District (Central Brooklyn): Una Clarke is one of the many term-limited Council members attempting to bequeath her seat to a relative.

It is the story of Quintana's birth family (she was adopted as a baby) and its members' attempts to contact her in adult life.