1.   He made a sincere attempt to quit smoking.

2.   But originally it was a sincere attempt to give Westerners a sense of where this art came from.

3.   But to others, it is a sincere attempt to justify redistributive policies on efficiency grounds.

4.   Republicans and their supporters say that the House GOP proposal is a sincere attempt to forge marketplace solutions to complaints about managed care rather than rely exclusively on government.

5.   Some supporters say the move signals a sincere attempt by Murphy to reform the process and start anew.

6.   The play is, at bottom, a sincere attempt to invigorate the debate about the tension between making art and finding fame.

7.   Why take cheap shots at someone who obviously made a sincere attempt to accomplish something heartfelt?

8.   Any sincere attempt to build strong and lasting cooperation entails the consequences of time-consuming measures since true understanding grows slowly from within.

9.   Church leaders see the talks as a sincere attempt to establish cooperative relations among East Timorese.