1.   Candles flickered, incense burned in an unsuccessful attempt to cover the pungent smell of Marijuana.

2.   Lady Ardshiel was prosecuted through the courts in an unsuccessful attempt to recover rents received by her since Culloden.

3.   No doubt the dead man had returned in an unsuccessful attempt to save his friend from a similar fate.

4.   Six days later, after unsuccessful attempts to re-establish contact, the company Declared it permanently out of service.

5.   The army made an unsuccessful attempt to end the rebellion.

6.   There were many unsuccessful attempts to climb the North Face of Mount Everest.

7.   Unsuccessful attempts to replace it were made in the fifties and sixties.

8.   We made several unsuccessful attempts to tackle the problem.