Sentence examples for tried in the first from inspiring English sources

In terms of hockey conduct, however, Boyle had asked for it, having tried in the first game to intimidate the Senators' young star, Erik Karlsson.

De Bakker felt for Isner, but wanted to advance, and it seemed obvious to him that Isner barely tried in the first set.

A similar approach, tried in the first so-called cap-and-trade program in Europe, led to windfall profits for some industries.

Among those tried in the first wave of judicial hearings after the anti-government protests was Hossein Rassam, chief political analyst at the UK embassy in Tehran.

Mr. Farnood and Mr. Frozi are among approximately 15 defendants who will be tried in the first case, Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari said in a recent interview on Afghan television.

The universities minister, David Willetts, said the proportion of places open to competition would increase each year from 2012: "We tried in the first year to get the balance right between opening up the system without imposing too much turbulence.

In March 1938 he was tried in the third show trial, convicted of treason, and executed.

However, alternatives were tried in the twentieth century, and they failed.

There were five galloping tries in the first half alone, the traffic entirely one way.

Huddersfield then wrestled the initiative with two controversial David Hodgson tries in the first six minutes of the second half.

A few months later, he was still trying: In the first page or pages of your Mss.