Sentence examples for some years trying from inspiring English sources

FOR some time past considerable attention has been given to the principles of mine ventilation; institutions, committees, and individuals have been hard at work for some years trying to render our knowledge of this complex subject more accurate, and at the same time to express that knowledge by means of readily intelligible formulæ.

Even if you've worked for some years trying to prevent the problems caused by tax havens, people will still ask you which places are the best in the world to shield your money from taxes.

She is in her late sixties and has spent some 20 years trying to popularize the Australian terrier.

"Standing on the top is boring as hell, so this has been some 44 years trying to figure out how to get there".

Agassi's announced theme is that the game he mastered was a prison he spent some 30 years trying to escape.

Michael Jones, a retired teacher from Birmingham, spent some 20 years trying to get his neighbour to cut back his 10.5m leylandii.

In the case of "Clear Day," the director Michael Mayer, along with the book writer Peter Parnell, spent some fourteen years trying to fix a musical no one really loved in the first place.

Collecting an entire autographed set of cards is a specialized niche in the hobby; some fans spend years trying to finish.

The problem sounds deceptively simple, but despite some professionals spending years trying to crack it, progress has stalled since shortly after the puzzle was first posed in 1950.

After some uncomfortable post-Zep years trying, Mick Jagger-like, to chase the zeitgeist, he has lately found a comfortable role for himself as a guardian of roots music.

"Found a bunch of old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor," Penn wrote in a series of tweets.