Sentence examples for set about attempting from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, Gurney set about attempting to agree terms with the shortlisted trio.

Maggie De Pree, a promising intern for Nike in Oregon, set about attempting to make her stamp at the company.

"After trying multiple different approaches, we ultimately found that the easiest way to help companies was to take a similar approach to user flow as Tinder, and so we set about attempting to replicate that experience in a way that works for recruiting".

The unnamed boy sees a street-vendor with a glass eye who doesn't appear to be harassed by the gunmen; he surmises that the glass eye must be some form of enchantment and sets about attempting to procure one for his father.

Basking in his newfound intellect, Homer sets about attempting to fix the country's ills, and starts the process in the most natural place by attempting to fix our broken tax system to replace our current income tax.

He is nowhere to be seen now as the President sets about attempting to move his agenda and convince the American people that we have turned the corner and their lives are going to begin to improve.

This was how, even before the film was finished, Hearst's minions were in action, and how there was time for Mayer and his people to set about their attempt to suppress the film, and, having failed in that, to destroy it commercially.

Henry was given a hero's welcome as he set about the business of attempting to break down a Leeds side proving as stubborn as they had been here at the same stage of the FA Cup last season.

Mr Wood and his crew set about a rescue attempt and managed to pull about 150 people to safety.

Whereas Frege sank into a deep depression, Russell set about repairing the damage by attempting to construct a theory of logic immune to the paradox.

At home Mrs Thatcher set about reforming the welfare state, attempting to introduce competition among health and education "providers" and to hand day-to-day decision-making to schools, hospitals and family doctors (thereby sidelining hated local-government bureaucrats).