Sentence examples for minute attempt from inspiring English sources

Dennis Ross, the State Department's top Middle East negotiator, is scheduled to meet with Mr. Barak and Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, in a last minute attempt to push the peace effort forward.

O'Reilly's sad, thirty minute attempt to scold Scott McClellan left Bill a frustrated and defeated bully.

We even overcame a last minute attempt to delay the vote by Republican members of the Commission.

As a last minute attempt to get involved, I decided to write a little note on Facebook every day about my life with ALS.

Northern Territory solicitor-general Sonia Brownhill also made a last minute attempt to suppress Voller's testimony, which is being publicly broadcast.

Her exit was heartbreaking as mourners who lined the route out of London cried and threw flowers in front of the hearse in a desperate, last minute attempt to pay their respects.

MetLife dismissed the allegations as a "desperate, last-minute attempt to interfere with a legitimate sale".

So Sharon's last-minute attempt to bring about a realignment in Israeli politics ended in failure.

These reforms, though laudable, look like a last-minute attempt to head off stronger action.

China and India were desperate to avoid this last-minute attempt to strong-arm them into a deal.

Is it intended as a last-minute attempt to point the way into the real world for the new graduates?