Sentence examples for small attempts from inspiring English sources

Over the years there have been various small attempts to update the text: these have sensibly now stopped.

In her ruthless march of virtue, Elizabeth Moberley stamps out her family's small attempts at warmth and joy.

Since then, Capriati has made small attempts at reclaiming a sort of normalcy in her post-tennis life.

After the "Islamization" phase of the Pakistani society, when the film industry perished, only now are there are small attempts to revive Pakistani-made movies.

Based on the 1995 novel by Adrian C. Louis, as adapted for the movies by Jennifer D. Lyne, "Skins" is a study in helpless rage -- the rage of one man, Rudy Yellow Lodge Eric Schweigg), a reservation police officer whose small attempts to improve the lot of his people don't seem to be adding up to much.

Their presence had made Olympic organizers particularly anxious about this stage of the torch's journey to Beijing, where the Olympics will begin on Aug. 8. Demonstrations did not disturb the relay, but made many small attempts to breach the heavy security in the streets nearby.

Other administrations had made sporadic, small-scale attempts to build relationships with the occasional military analyst.

Although there has not been a 9/11-style attack on US soil since … well, since 9/11, the volume of small-scale attempts is clearly growing.

Over the years, conservationists have made mostly small-scale attempts to restore the forest.

In the small-scale attempts, six healthy donors' PBMCs (median 26.2 × 10 cells) were primed overnight.

It's simply a small attempt to redress an imbalance.