Sentence examples for rational attempt from inspiring English sources
Each is engaged in a collectively self-defeating, yet individually rational, attempt to take rent from the other.
The new law may not be ideal, but it is a rational attempt to achieve important goals.
"So-called comparative effectiveness research" is central to any rational attempt to deal with America's fiscal problems.
He was widely criticized by the people for issuing large amounts of debased coinage that caused a rise in prices; yet it was a rational attempt to establish a gold standard in place of the confusing practice of using silver in western Japan and gold in the east.
Understanding their mode of interaction with membranes and the reasons underlying their ability to distinguish between bacterial and eukaryotic cytoplasmic cells is crucial for any rational attempt to improve this selectivity.
It's not a cure-all — just a rational attempt to make it harder for people who are barred from owning guns to buy guns.
German nationalism began to stress instinct against reason; the power of historical tradition against rational attempts at progress and a more just order; the historical differences between nations rather than their common aspirations.
His major work, The Incoherence of the Philosophers, which established the normative view of Islam, denounced all such rational attempts by "heretics", among whom he included the likes of Plato and Aristotle, to understand the mind of God, who rules absolutely and arbitrarily, without recourse to any so-called "laws of nature".
Rational attempts to tackle this problem are realized through the biomimetic dye concept according to which new dyes, the biomimetic dyes, are designed to mimic natural ligands.
However, residents' travel behaviour does not consist solely of rational attempts at minimizing commuting distances but is instead affected by commuting hours, the complexity of the commuting chain and the built environment.
After all rational attempts to fix a broken bike engine have failed, he notes, recalling a passage from the book, there often comes a moment when you let "go of this desire to solve it in a very rational way and just stare at the engine...
