One time the Indians set a grass fire in an apparent attempt to burn out the white settlers.

The police said that in the course of their operation three people reported to them the apparent attempts at bribery.

This fact, added to the apparent attempts of the Chinese to get the other two to mate - that might be significant.

Also, there is no apparent attempt to achieve regional, national, or ethnic balance.

Police officials said that three men began firing in an apparent attempt to rob the two officers.

The old woman's arms lay across the child's body in an apparent last minute attempt to shield her.

Their apparent attempt at reparation had come too late to be effective.

This was an apparent attempt to remove the low rent tenants so the land could be developed.

She does this in an apparent attempt to control his life.

The company released the news a day earlier than scheduled in an apparent attempt to stabilize its stock price.