Sentence examples for supported the attempt from inspiring English sources

Among those who supported the attempt were Mr Ledezma.

He further angered the school's old guard in the mid-1990s, when he supported the attempt of Shannon Faulkner to become the first female student at the state-supported military college.

That's why Americans supported the attempt by Arizona to actually enforce the law".

The war began with the Libyan occupation of northern Chad in 1983, when Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the Chadian President Hissène Habré, militarily supported the attempt by the opposition Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) to overthrow Habré.

He supported the attempts of John Davis and Martin Frobisher to discover the Northwest Passage and exploit the mineral resources of Labrador, and encouraged Humphrey Gilbert's exploration of Newfoundland.

Elizabeth, as monarch of Fiji, supported the attempts of the Governor-General, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, to assert executive power and negotiate a settlement.

I very much support the attempt to level the playing field.

It uncovers significant problems with the Ebacc and shows the profession does not support the attempt to steer all schools towards a narrow range of subjects," said Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the NUT.

Climbers – and in this case friends supporting the attempt – need to haul large quantities of water and food up for the 19-day climb in huge vinyl "haul bags".

Al Saadi Qaddafi, president of the soccer federation and son of Col. Muammar el-Qadaffi, the Libyan leader, said recently that Libya would not support the attempt by Issa Hayatou of Cameroon to become FIFA president unless the African soccer confederation supported Libya's bid for the African Cup.

Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer said he too was not prepared to support the attempt to bring the budget deficit below 3% by 2013.