Translation of "Vergeblichen versuch" in English

Essay (2000; tells the story of an unsuccessful attempt to deliver Vineta from its curse.

The spectacle of a peace-loving nation, vainly attempting to create a military. The fears of war on my friends' faces

In 1594 Francisco Verdugo was a vain attempt to take back Delfzijl fortress.

A rework is valid with the second futile attempt as missed.

The remedy is with the second unsuccessful attempt failed.

Essay (2000; tells the story of an unsuccessful attempt to deliver Vineta from its curse.)

That you're up here wanting me to help out in another fruitless campaign to get Charlie to see a shrink.

The widower made an unsuccessful attempt to emigrate to the US in the summer of 1940.

The constant references to the lack of respect for human dignity under Soviet occupation are a futile attempt to cover up the current chaos and anarchy.

Since the attempt to move these resolutions began, a chairman of a human rights committee has been assassinated in his doorway in front of his daughters, as Mr Kreissl-Dörfler just mentioned.

The explanation might perhaps be that whereas 13 of the 15 governments - I mean the Socialist ones - did not share the principles which inspired the Maastricht Treaty, they are now clumsily attempting - painstakingly and unsuccessfully - to circumvent it, and are committing the idealistic errors which Maastricht sought to eliminate once and for all.

The incompetence of the British government is also blamed for having taken away the efficacy of measures intended to combat epizootic disease and the threat of an epidemic, in a vain attempt to protect its beef industry.

This is the 'gift' that a failing Mr Chirac has given us in a vain attempt to prevent us from rejecting the European Constitution.

In order to unjustifiably discredit and perhaps in the vain attempt to get a few column inches in the Spanish press.

More than a million farmers joined massive shantytowns on the outskirts of Aleppo, Homs, Damascus and other cities in a futile attempt to find work and purpose.

In 1690, Alexander was present at his father's futile attempt to regain the throne of Imereti.

As Argentina's economy lost access to credit in late 2001, the government resorted to desperate measures in a vain attempt to avert disaster.

Since the Kremlin interrupted energy supplies to the Baltic states in 1990 in a futile attempt to stifle their independence movements, it has continued to use pipeline politics against countries such as Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania – all new EU members.

Rather than tweaking the margins in a futile attempt to please everyone, the government would set its sights on deeper structural reforms, to lay the foundation for future growth and stability.

The correct response to technological change is to invest in workers and support adjustment processes through well designed social policies in order to get European companies and workers up the skill ladder and value chain, not to abandon social protection in a vain attempt to compete on costs.

The correct response to technological change is to invest in workers and support adjustment processes through well designed social policies in order to move European companies and workers up the skill ladder and value chain, not to abandon social protection in a vain attempt to compete on costs.

I, uh, I must confess, I came here tonight in a futile attempt to pick up some lonely postdoc, but instead I got to connect with you at a human level.

After his failed attempt to make a meal of a tortoise and his painful encounter with the porcupine, choosing the right prey was proving to be quite a challenge for young Letsatsi.

Following an aborted attempt to take over the bridge, Troi, Data and O'Brien have seized ten-forward.

Indeed, it is just this definition that has been used — unsuccess­fully — in the United States to attempt to differentiate between 'basic ser­vices' and 'enhanced' (or 'value-added') services.