1.   A drop in ratings and interest seems to coincide with pageant attempts to a more natural presentation.

2.   Attempts to document social problems in some parts of the country had been difficult.

3.   Attempts to harness the numerical strength of the casual poor had foundered on the rocks of seeming apathy.

4.   Attempts to measure interaction level are usually based on self-report studies, which do have methodological problems.

5.   Despite many attempts to link drug use with social deprivation, the association is spurious.

6.   Here, attempts to bossa Nova merely produced a self-conscious lateral sway.

7.   In the continuing attempt to out-Mario Mario, Sega has now given Sonic a sidekick, Tails the fox.