1.   United tried every means of scoring without any joy.

2.   But US drug czar Barry McCaffrey and other officials prefer to try military means and dampen demand domestically through social messages.

3.   Clearly, Flipper did try various means to hide the fact that the money was gone until money owed by some officers came in to cover the shortfall.

4.   Korean banks say they may try other means of raising their BIS ratios such as selling bonds to the government or cutting back loans to Korean companies.

5.   The millions of young people without jobs try any means to get by.

6.   They have tried political means, but say the board is far too powerful.

7.   Police Col. Pramoj Pathumwong said Tuesday that police were trying all means possible to capture the assailant, including posting female plainclothes officers on the streets as decoys.

8.   Foreigners will try every means to get a bargain price.

9.   In the meantime, the government has been trying other means to balance the budget, including selling shares in the national airlines and telecommunication networks.

10.   Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat, who is also coordinating the fight against the haze, said they had to try every means possible to reduce the level of pollution.