Sentences with phrase «abortive efforts»

Involved in such abortive efforts, we become more frustrated.

The answer is that EPA did not do much if any verification in their headlong rush to respond to the new Administration or even under an earlier abortive effort during the Bush Administration.

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When so many reforms proved abortive, the very zeal by which they had been engendered kindled a new effort for the correction of abuses.

When that effort proved abortive, the mayor endorsed the Republican, Gov. George E. Pataki, rather than Mr. Cuomo's then - bitter Democrat rival, H. Carl McCall.

It as been my joy to be a police officer for all this while but all my efforts have been put abortive

Displaying internet generated picture of the lady he was alleged to have impregnated, the lawmaker said he never knew her, while effort to get the brain behind allegations against him proved abortive.

Meanwhile, efforts to reach Korede were abortive as at the time of filing this report as calls put through to his manager didn't connect.

All efforts to get confirmation from the Police Public Relations Officer of Borno State Command, Mr. Victor Isuku, proved abortive as his phone lines were inaccessible at press time.

Effort by our correspondent to speak with the deceased brother, Alaowei Broderick Bozimo, a former police affairs minister, proved abortive.

«That she has refused to honour invitation and all efforts to get her to come and tell her own side of the story have proved abortive hence her arrest warrant has been obtained from court.

According to him, several efforts made by the retirees to attract governments attention through these past years has proved abortive and called on the Ayade - led government to see to their plight by ordering their payment.

All efforts to get a copy of the petition proved abortive as at the time of filing this report but a dependable source who wants to remain anonymous said the petitioner wrote the petition that it will be unjustifiable for the Governing Council to pay for the 12 months salaries the workers of the institution are allegedly claiming since they were on strike for about 9 months, saying the petitioner allegedly called on the two owner states to invoke no work no pay rule on the workers of the institution.

Effort to reach him on phone proved abortive as he made his way to the police station.

According to the source, all efforts by the government team to reach labour leaders in the state on their mobile and contacts have proved abortive, as the leaders remain adamant that a substantial part of their arrears must be settled before they can call off the strike.

Babatunde however disclosed that all efforts by the relatives of the deceased to relocate the three children to the family house at Agowande in Osogbo proved abortive as they insisted that they prefer to stay in their late father's house.

Therefore, efforts to speak to the outgoing chairman of the party on the allegation proved abortive as several calls to his mobile phone was neither picked nor responded as at the time of filling this report.

Meanwhile, all efforts to reach the S.R.C Speaker, Olakunle Afeez proved abortive as calls and text messages put across his mobile phone were neither received nor replied.

«I made frantic efforts to make the administration understand but all proved abortive.

Since that abortive Dietl effort they've moved to energetically support Malliotakis.

However, efforts made by DAILY POST to get the reaction of the State Police command proved abortive as of the time of filling this report.

It was also gathered that all efforts to reach him has proved abortive as all his mobile phones have been switched off.

«The complainant tried to reach them on their cell phones but all efforts to get through to them proved abortive.

Effort to speak to the state Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, proved abortive as calls and text messages to his telephone line were neither picked nor replied to.

All efforts by NAN to ascertain the state of the victims, who serious sustained injuries from the National Hospital proved abortive.

He maintained that every effort made by sympathisers, including warming his feet with fire to see if he could be revived, proved abortive.