Sentence examples for supporting an attempt from inspiring English sources

But the police are also supporting an attempt to reduce the harm to addicts through needle-exchange programs.

He has strongly counseled Republican legislators from supporting an attempt to override his veto on same-sex marriage.

He angered the military by supporting an attempt in parliament in June to amend the constitution to limit the military's political role.

Senior sources in Riyadh also say that following the toppling of Qaddafi in 2011, Saudi Arabia obtained audio recordings containing a conversation among top Qatari leaders discussing supporting an attempt to overthrow the Saudi monarchy.

So worried is the U.S. about any destabilization in the region, it continues this funding despite Egypt's abysmal track record internally and externally including opposing U.S. efforts to dethrone Saddam Hussein and frequently siding with Arab allies against the U.S. such as supporting an attempt by the UAE to lift sanctions on Iraq.

In stark contrast to Putin's claims, Moscow has been accused by the west of rampant meddling in the region, including supporting an attempted coup in Montenegro in 2016 to thwart it becoming the alliance's 29th member.

Others, like former Associated Press correspondent and Hugo Chávez biographer Bart Jones, accuse RCTV of supporting an attempted coup in 2002 and providing biased coverage, which they view as the driving force behind the Chávez government's decision to push RCTV off the air.

"Nor will we support an attempt to raise the debt limit that raises people's taxes.

Last year, Dr. Farwell used the technology to support an attempt to overturn a 1978 murder conviction in Iowa.

In 91 he supported an attempt by the tribune Livius Drusus to extend the franchise to Rome's Italian allies.

British Tories, for instance, supported an attempt to make the former KGB man Mikhail Margelov president of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe.