The deal comes a year after an abortive attempt by management to buy the company.

He shrugged off the abortive attempt and made a grim face.

After two abortive attempts he got hold of her left wrist and held it with both his hands.

The room held several abortive attempts at a decorative theme.

Since the abortive attempt to burn the bridge the previous evening, nothing had happened.

After three abortive attempts to cross the canyon, he reached its upper end.

There have also been many abortive attempts to adapt the novel to the screen.

There was one short-lived abortive attempt to split the role in the 12th century.

Tompkins made an abortive attempt to stand, looking surprised when he failed.

My abortive attempt at escape had only gained me a few bruises.

This followed several abortive attempts to film the novel.

The brothers' "road" adventures begin with their first abortive attempt to leave Cincinnati.

I had made several abortive attempts to recover it.

So he persisted, and when she made an abortive attempt to flee, shot out an arm to bar her way.

Comes from my own abortive attempt at a career in Starfleet."

They then made several abortive attempts to seize positions on the outskirts of the city.

"It's also less likely they'll mention their abortive attempt when they return to the plateau.

An abortive attempt at colonization might have left some castaways behind.

And while an abortive attempt was made some years ago to transform "Today" into a television program, the hosts have resisted the idea.

After one abortive attempt at reconciliation, the partnership split up, and the two men had never spoken to each other again.

In 1909 an abortive attempt was made, by the present owner's grandfather, to produce hydroelectric power.

In the next year a Tahiride army made an abortive attempt to retake the city.

He mentions one abortive attempt to gain understanding of his experience:

In 1953, there was an abortive attempt to form a republic, but the sultanate survived.

In 2003, he made an abortive attempt to publish another daily under the title Notundhara.