Sentence examples for modern attempts from inspiring English sources

Much of what Hegel had to say about physiognomy applies to modern attempts at mind reading.

Modern attempts to craft a similar likeness have not been successful, they say.

Modern attempts at circumventing the line reflect something sad about society.

But Thwaites's and Foster's modern attempts to turn themselves into chimeras go further, into stranger territory.

The Mississippi scheme was a precursor of modern attempts to reflate the economy with unorthodox monetary policies.

That estimate made in 1896 is not so very different from most modern attempts to calculate the temperature change due to increasing CO2 levels.

The first modern attempt at health reform, as you've probably heard, came from Harry Truman.

Those laws are the Republican Party's modern attempt to disenfranchise minorities, the poor and older Americans for political gain.

Hopster is a very modern attempt to investigate the educational potential not just of watching, but playing.

Essentially, the act was a first modern attempt to reduce the clutter and the consequent inefficiency of courts that had specific powers of jurisdiction throughout England and Wales.

It seems like almost every modern attempt at comprehensive immigration reform carries with it some caveat or stricture regarding the place of English and English-language proficiency.