Sentence examples for straightforward attempts from inspiring English sources

More straightforward attempts to graft order onto the world since 1945 strike him as inadequate.

These are quite straightforward attempts to change the incentive structure so the sellers have to accurately disclose the features of what they're selling.

It was a tale of two kickers in the opening 16 minutes as Jones landed three from three to give Wasps a nine-point lead, but Potgieter missed two straightforward attempts at the other end.

Young fly-half Jones, preferred to the established Tovey, missed two relatively straightforward attempts at goal in the first half to leave the home side pointless at the break.

Are your straightforward attempts to woo women not working out so well?

Third, straightforward attempts to promote BGM adherence may prove ineffective.

"It's a straightforward attempt to make sure the borrower can afford the payments," said Frank Nothaft, the chief economist for Freddie Mac.

Replacement Lonca kicked a penalty to reward their spirited endeavours, but he missed badly with another straightforward attempt which would have drawn his side level.

To the politically cynical it looks like a straightforward attempt to brand Labour, which governs in Wales, as a party that cannot manage the NHS.

The original realist novel was no straightforward attempt to describe the world; rather, an attempt to dismantle off-the-peg representations of reality already present in literature of the time.

Despite all of his attempts at cross-genre noodling, the best song on the album is the most straightforward attempt at country music, "Say Something," which finds Timberlake playing backup for Chris Stapleton.