Sentence examples for that attempted on from inspiring English sources

The article brings to light the Eisenhower administration's dual policy toward Hungary--a policy that attempted, on the one hand, to strike a negotiated settlement with the Soviet Union, and, on the other hand, to promote instability within the Soviet bloc.

Kozmo.com, the startup that attempted on-demand delivery of anything way back in 1998 but burned through $280 million in capital and failed to make itself profitable, is back.

Of all Nasa missions that attempted to land on Mars, one has failed and seven were successful.

This openness to new inputs and associations would often elude modern laboratories that attempted to build on Edison's approach.

WhatsApp regularly engages with Google and Apple to enforce their terms of service on apps that attempt to encourage abuse on WhatsApp.

What's more, policies that attempt to force cultural assimilation on immigrants may backlash.

Mainly, they focused on provisions that attempt to micromanage decisions that legitimately belong to the president.

We do not detect 'vertical' scans that attempt to enumerate the services on a single host.

Hugh Nonant wrote that Longchamp attempted on one occasion to hide dressed as a prostitute, which led to him being assaulted by a fisherman who mistook him for a whore.

No narrative that attempts to take on something so large and diffuse can ever be correct.

It could be added that the phone box was actually their home, and that attempts on Record Breakers to fit as many people into a phonebox as possible was actually their family coming around for Christmas.