That bank had previously made an unsuccessful, controversial attempt to buy Financial General.

There have been several attempts, sometimes controversial, to produce a stricter definition of nouns on a semantic basis.

Later in 1995 Yeltsin made a very controversial attempt against crime.

There have been a number of controversial attempts to constrain the variation of the strong interaction constant.

He was involved in controversial attempts to create a human-ape hybrid.

Indeed one example is the Borgia family's "recent" and controversial attempts to use church power in secular politics, often brutally executed.

In some countries, controversial attempts such as racial quotas have been used to redress negative effects of discrimination.

Clark's controversial attempt to draft Pennsylvanians into service created even more ill will.

It is therefore somewhat premature to be influenced by the controversial attempts being made by certain Member States.

The controversial attempt has been subject to debate within different Jewish communities.