Sentence examples for wise attempt from inspiring English sources

"Affirmative action", the 1960s scheme whereby blacks were given special consideration for university places (and other things), was a wise attempt to redress a grievous discrimination.

Removing these decisions from the responsibility of local councillors (or simply by circumventing the planning process) will either be seen as a wise attempt to force progress or a cynical attempt to avoid blame for unpopular developments.

But aside from detoxification programs, and step-wise attempts to give up an addiction, both of which can be very helpful, what are some of the deeper psychological issues that an addicted person needs to face?

"People who don't have a job they can do to try and help themselves money wise to attempt to get back on their feet.

It is not wise to attempt to teach a dog to bite or attack without the help of a canine trainer.

But for others, the move may be seen as a bold - and strategically wise - attempt to defend the carefully constructed and heavily politicised system of collective bargaining, which has been at the heart of South African labour policy since the end of apartheid and which has, over the past few weeks, seemed on the brink of collapse.

This is one of the rare occasions in which it turned out to be wise to attempt a sketch again that really didn't work the first time.

In light of metabolic engineering efforts in which the fermentation of pentoses is engineered in S.cerevisiae (Hahn-Hägerdal et al., 2007; Wisselink et al., 2009), it may be wise to attempt to circumvent production of this compound.

If a suspicious process is found, and stopping the process from the Task Manager does not visibly affect your ability to use the computer, it may be wise to attempt to quarantine the file.

It is wiser to attempt to appease people while they are alive than posthumously.

A military convoy is speeding grimly along; presently we become aware of a bizarre and incongruous civilian passenger in one of the hulking Humvees, cracking wise and attempting to flirt with the female service personnel: Tony Stark, billionaire playboy, technical genius and patriotic arms manufacturer under sole contract to the US military.