Thus, he did not appear to be attempting to gain a competitive advantage.

As such, he continued, "we attempt to gain support for our more general endeavor."

Do not attempt to gain access at any other time.

I proved my ability in further education and attempted to gain a position on a conversion course.

All I could do for the nonce was to attempt to gain more time.

About fifty people attempted to gain entrance, but were held back by the police.

However, they must similarly wait a period of two years before attempting to gain their full license.

This is followed by a 15-minute break in which they attempt to gain an extra 15 minutes for the next lesson.

Had we not attempted to gain control over nature, we'd have gone extinct at least 200,000 years ago.

Anyone from outside, however, attempting to gain access by the same route would soon run into trouble.

A reported attempt to gain additional aid from the Chinese government failed.

This, like other attempts to gain city status, was defeated.

The single is generally looked as an attempt to gain international sales, particularly in Germany.

Also, the charges were a final attempt to gain success against the Allied forces, which usually had more troops.

He made another attempt to gain control of the situation.

Thus the attempt to gain the support of the other unions could prove difficult.

She often falls short of them in her attempt to gain friends and popularity at school.

It may well be he would argue that all these things are but part of the private man's attempt to gain public approval.

We often read fiction in an attempt to gain insights into the human experience.

The first attempts to gain lime were in the year 1860.