41.   The French team jumped and waved their hands, which was either an effort to create a crowd response or a vain attempt to stay warm.

42.   A run on the Bulgarian currency, the lev, a year ago forced interest rates into triple digits in a vain attempt to prop it up.

43.   A high-ranking Serbian delegation, which came from Belgrade twice last week in a vain attempt to meet with the Albanians, was expected in Pristina again on Monday.

44.   Dietert-Scheuer said she and other German parliamentarians have made repeated calls to the Iranian embassy in Bonn in a vain attempt to locate Sarkuhi.

45.   He then shot a thin stream of water from a garden hose on his barn and house, in a vain attempt to staunch the flames.

46.   In one scene, the badly-wounded and delirious Charles staggered to the door in a vain attempt to run to the river and rescue his riverboat.

47.   Larkham tried to continue, making a vain attempt at a tackle as the Crusaders took the ball and charged downfield.

48.   Last week, they were focused on a vain attempt by the Bank of England to rescue Barings from collapse.

49.   Last week, they were focused on a vain attempt to rescue Barings from collapse, and this week they wondered whether the busted bank would be sold off.

50.   Kranz had carried the body of his daughter out of the house in a vain attempt to revive her, police said.