A series of acts attempted to establish schools in every parish from 1616.

But it was not until 1870 that Congress first attempted to establish a federal trademark regime.

They are merely attempting to establish themselves as competitive with all quality teams, particularly at home.

He was active in attempting to establish missions and schools for native people.

It would be a vain task to attempt to establish any internal relationship between these works.

He then appears to have returned only a year or two later and attempted to establish himself again in some capacity.

For the first time, we are attempting to establish links between them.

We are attempting to establish a precedent, set up a basic principle and a body of law.

The party will also attempt to establish a legal framework for the protection of the environment.

They attempted to establish control over the pirates, but failed.

Her coming trip to Washington will be part of an attempt to establish that role.

The attempt to establish a peace agreement between the two sides failed.

Down by 14-3 at the half, the Giants made even less of an attempt to establish a running game.

His attempts to establish human contact had not been rewarding.

However, in recent years, there have been attempts to establish a manufacturing industry.

There had been an attempt in 1667 to establish a permanent "College" for the society.

But there may now be many more legal attempts to establish that a taking has occurred.

The first attempt to establish the record was flown on July 10, 1923.

There has been an attempt to establish false standards of what being European means.

More recently there have been attempts to establish such a theory.