Sentence examples for tried to construct from inspiring English sources

"Musharraf tried to construct a modern enlightened state," said Mr. Tareen.

"Musharraf tried to construct a modern enlightened state," Mr. Tareen said.

By all accounts, Father McCormick never tried to construct a major theological synthesis.

Heber-Percy tried to construct a different kind of life on his return from Arabia.

Suppose you tried to construct a simple statistical model predicting the likelihood of a debt default.

It's as if someone who'd never been in a pub had tried to construct one after looking up "pub" on Wikipedia.

But because Mr. Giuliani does not evoke such passionate feelings outside New York, the Clinton campaign has not tried to construct its appeals around the mayor.

We tried to construct a little boy with a movable rubber face to see whether we could make it look appealing.

FOR years I tried to construct a viable idea of my long-gone father by piecing together scraps of other people's memories.

But at least one group has tried to construct a profile based on scientific methods, and its conclusions are the ones most likely to affect American policy.

His parents could not afford to pay for more than a few lessons, so he tried to construct his own instrument.