initial attempt
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandattempt
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk/əˈtempt/us/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofinitialandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinitial attempt
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Ourinitialattemptat venous access is via the umbilical vein in infants presenting in the first week of life.
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Ourinitialattemptto understand these regional groupings focused on the ethnic composition of the populations in our research sites.
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It concentrated on logs or rough-hewn logs but theinitialattemptproved disastrous.
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These approaches led to aninitialattemptto concurrently satisfy both quantitative and qualitative criteria through the integration of fuzzy rule bases with evolutionary search.
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What follows is aninitialattemptat that analysis.
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Theinitialattemptat unifying the state pensions programme provided coverage that was far from universal.
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This was aninitialattempt, with modest aims and a very under-developed awareness of the issues at stake.
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These changes, while limited, were aninitialattemptat focusing attention on childhood mental illness as distinct from adult psychopathology.
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Descriptive studies of this sort are necessary extensions of thisinitialattemptto establish whether and which lexical conditions may prompt productive sound change in development.
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Aninitialattemptto construct this index, including many of the previously mentioned variables failed because there were practically no cases which met all the requirements.
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So theinitialattemptto try over-impose on someone who had only limited means was rectified in that instance in the courts.
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The requirement for the system was originally endorsed as long ago as 1988, but theinitialattemptat competition collapsed in 1996.
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Theinitialattemptwas to float for a short period of time to stabilise one country against another.
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In general one may say that theinitialattempt, at the end of the debate on the 1998 budget, to target zero growth has become redundant.
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What we have done is to launch aninitialattemptto cover three- and four-wheeled vehicles too, but we are also aware that the inherent problems cannot be resolved overnight.
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The success of thatinitialattemptby residents lead to voluntary busing between schools in the system in order to achieve better racial balance.
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Initialattemptis made to derive equivalent circuits valid for both steady state and transient states in induction motor.
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Although he gave up with thatinitialattempt, a fully automated site with contributions from its users was in the works.
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Coupled by a lack of advertising the result was the failure in the market of thisinitialattempt.
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