1.   An earlier attempt at a Picture Prices Current had already folded some years before.

2.   Roemer now recognized that earlier attempts to clock the speed of light had failed because the distances tested were too short.

3.   The earlier attempt to discredit the police had not succeeded, although the way the police treated the public was by no means satisfactory.

4.   Earlier attempts to retrieve it by means of an elaborate mechanical arm had failed.

5.   Growing pressure both within the Diet and outside led the government to abandon its earlier attempt to bring the investigation to a close.

6.   He said he had been right to prevent the earlier attempt to censure Mr Gilbert.

7.   Bird lovers reacted badly to earlier attempts to control the birds by poisoning them and removing nests.

8.   Amir had made two earlier attempts to approach Rabin with a handgun, but failed both times.

9.   An earlier attempt last year by Regent to seize control of the fund sparked a similar decline in stock prices even though the effort ultimately failed.