Sentence examples for sensible attempt from inspiring English sources
Florida leads the pack in passing bills written by the gun lobby that block any sensible attempt to control the purchase and use of firearms.
During her election campaign, Ms Yingluck promised "unity and reconciliation", a sensible attempt to woo voters who were tired of continuous clashes between Mr Thaksin's "red shirt" supporters and his "yellow shirt" opponents.
Using lottery money in this way is a sensible attempt to avoid a major reduction of arts provision outside of London and to avoid the potentially disastrous consequences for several NPOs.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani began the day yesterday with a sensible attempt to clarify his personal and political future by saying that he and his wife, Donna Hanover, would separate.
Sfoglia is where it is because of what it is: not a showy bid for greatness but a sensible attempt at goodness by two seemingly earnest restaurateurs who want to make a go of it in Manhattan, where success doesn't come easy.
Given that only 7% of pupils with low attainment at the age of 11 go on to pass five GCSEs – and we know that a lack of GCSEs is one of the highest predictors of future joblessness – this factor is a sensible attempt at doling out cash while schools can still turn things around.
There are some very sensible attempts to fix this using carrots, or rather -- carrot subsidies.
Historians such as Matthew Strickland have argued that Henry made sensible attempts to manage the tensions within his family, and that, had the King died younger, the succession might have proven much smoother.
Instead, Senator Brown's requests were designed to undermine the Volcker Rule -- i.e., he was opposing sensible attempts to limit the ability of big banks to place highly dangerous bets (and to blow themselves up at great cost to the rest of us).
"It would seem sensible to attempt to cross those boundaries in any way we can, particularly as we seem to live in a world in which the divides between religions and races seems more pronounced and more dangerous than ever," he said.
There is no technical possibility of re-creating pre-European rangeland systems of Australia, nor would it be economically sensible to attempt to do so (Pannell 1999,2000).
