Attempts were made by groups including the Waitangi Action Committee to halt the celebrations.

Attempts were made in the mid 1880s, 1898 – 1901 and 1913-1914 to mine sulphur from White Island but the last of these came to a halt in September 1914, when part of the western crater rim collapsed, creating a lahar which killed all 10 workers.

Attempts were made by the then chair and the executive head to ratify the co-ed intake retrospectively but the governing body realised what had been happening due to the exposure of information obtained under Freedom of Information and decided to call a halt to the move to co-ed status at the Boston High School.

Attempts to organise an Allied force to prevent Marsin's withdrawal failed owing to the exhaustion of the cavalry, and the growing confusion in the field.

Attempts to destroy buildings and equipment before the Allied troops could occupy Dresden failed due to the resistance of civil airport employees.

Attempts by the German infantry to advance further were stopped by British artillery fire with heavy losses.

Attempts to stop the Union advance at Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge were unsuccessful.

Attempts to improve navigation by the use of snagpullers often resulted in crews ' clearing large trees 100 to back from the banks.

Attempts by an employer, often with the help of outside agencies, to prevent union membership amongst their staff is known as union busting.

Attempts by the Persians to reign in the Bahraini ulema were often counterproductive, and ended up strengthening the clerics against their local land-owning Bahraini rivals who challenged the clerics ' control over the lucrative pearl trade.

Attempts at vandalism of the flagstaff are often an objective of these protests, carrying on a tradition that dates from the 19th century when Hone Heke chopped down the British flagstaff in nearby Russell.

Attempts to give them clothing would often banish them forever, though whether they take offense to such gifts or are simply too proud to work in new clothes differs from teller to teller.

Attempts to quantitatively describe the degree of aridity of a place has often led to the development of aridity indexes.

Attempts to run the blockade and resupply Malta proved to be costly and often ended in failure ; the two-pronged effort to resupply Malta during June 1942 — known as Operations Harpoon ( from Gibraltar ) and Vigorous ( from Alexandria, Egypt )— were unsuccessful, only two merchantmen from Harpoon and none from Vigorous reached Malta, while many others ( including the only tanker included in Harpoon ) were sunk, and the escorting warships also suffered heavy casualties.

Attempts to ride on the side or on the roof of subway trains are often deadly or extremely dangerous, because the clearance between train and tunnel is very small in many subways.

Attempts at separating seating sections did not significantly help in alleviating overcrowding where students are often turned away at popular events.

Compliance: Attempts to direct behavior of another person, and often, by implication, to influence attitudes or feelings.

Attempts by Phips to coordinate defenses with neighboring provinces were marred by difficulties often emanating from his rough personality and temper ( relations with the neighbors improved after his departure.

Attempts to explain similarities between two cultures by diffusion are often criticized for being ethnocentric, since they imply that the supposed " receptors " would not be capable of innovation.

Attempts to reconcile science and religion resulted in a rejection of prophecy, miracle and revealed religion, often in preference for Deism.

Attempts to beat the " competitive game ", such as compiling " bibles " of solutions to be passed from one generation to the next, often only worsen the situation.

Attempts by slave-catchers to arrest fugitive slaves often proved futile, which included the notable case of Anthony Burns and Kevin McLaughlin.

Attempts by Virgin Islands non-native residents to speak the dialect, even out of respect, are often met with disapproval.

Attempts to combat the cycle of poverty, therefore, have often targeted mothers as a way to interrupt the negative patterns of poverty that affect the education, nutrition / health, and psychological / social outcomes for poor children.

Attempts at contact by outside peoples have often been violently rebuffed, beginning with a series of attacks on the colonial settlement of Coca in reprisal for the attempted evangelization by the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Attempts to use traditional epoxies in IC packaging often created expensive production bottlenecks, because, as soon as the epoxy adhesive was applied, the components had to be assembled and cured immediately.

Attempts to reform this structure during the 18th century were mainly fruitless.

Attempts at a settlement with China were fruitless due to Tibetan demands that China adhere to the Simla Accord and nationalist popular sentiment in China.

Attempts by Elizabeth to get him to return to England after 1580 were fruitless.

Attempts by some of these organizations to make use of an under-utilized and largely ignored copyright law to generate revenue from music distribution have proved fruitless.

Attempts to negotiate a return of the Latter Day Saints to Jackson County proved fruitless, but Smith decided to disband Zion's Camp rather than attempt to " redeem Zion " by force.

Attempts to block the formation of ITS were unsuccessful, but ITS were blocked from leading positions on committees, a privilege usually afforded to all Groups.

Attempts to force this bottleneck were futile, and the battalion took up defensive positions for the night.

Attempts were undertaken to prevent the former from herding their flocks in agricultural lands, such as the building of a wall known as the " Repeller of the Amorites " between the Tigris and Euphrates under the Ur III ruler Shu-Sin.

Attempts at introducing a census in West Germany sparked strong popular resentment in the 1980s since many quite personal questions were asked.

Attempts to test Darwin's remains at the Westminster Abbey by using modern PCR techniques were met with a refusal by the Abbey's curator.

Attempts at redeveloping the site were unsuccessful until its landmark status was established.

Attempts were made as early 1804 to resolve the status of the state line.

Attempts were made by both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany to establish " autarky " ( self-sufficiency ) through significant economic planning, but neither achieved economic self-sufficiency.

Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in terrible storms.

Attempts to introduce large-scale cooperative farming were frustrated by landowning rural elites, who formed the core of the powerful right-wing of the Congress and had considerable political support in opposing the efforts of Nehru.

Attempts were made to play down the perceived threat to Britain, but once the German fleet reached the position of equalling the other second-rank navies, it became impossible to avoid mention of the one great fleet it was intended to challenge.

Attempts were made to establish a puppet Chinese government, under Nationalist defector Wang Ching-wei, but this also proved unsuccessful.

Attempts to revive the species by breeding the surviving captive birds were not successful.

Attempts at union between the churches ( UPCUSA and PCUS ) were renewed in the 1970s, culminating in the merger of the two churches to form the Presbyterian Church ( USA ) on June 10, 1983.

Attempts of Sri Lankan noblemen to undermine the British power in 1818 during the Uva Rebellion were thwarted by Governor Robert Brownrigg.

Attempts to gain control of or internationalize permanently the Ruhr area ( see International Authority for the Ruhr ) were abandoned in 1951 with the German agreement to pool its coal and steel resources ( see European Coal and Steel Community ) in return for full political control of the Ruhr.

Attempts by governor John Skottowe ( 1764 – 1782 ) to regularise the sale of arrack and punch led to some hostility and desertions by a number of troops who stole boats and were probably mostly lost at sea — however, at least one group of seven soldiers and a slave succeeded in escaping to Brazil in 1770.

Attempts to include parts of these municipalities in the city of The Hague were highly controversial.

Attempts were made to enable X servers as real-time collaboration devices, much as Virtual Network Computing ( VNC ) would later allow a desktop to be shared.

Attempts to include North Korea in the games were unsuccessful, and it boycotted along with six other countries, but with 160 nations participating, it had the highest attendance of any Olympics to date.

Attempts to retake the province were interrupted by the invasions of the Huns under Attila.

Attempts were made to remedy this situation by creating new laws.

Attempts were made by Louis Vauxcelles to claim that Cubism was dead, but these exhibitions, along with a well-organized Cubist show at the 1920 Salon des Indépendants and a revival of the Salon de la Section d ’ Or in the same year, demonstrated it was still alive.

Attempts were made to develop Anguilla into a plantation-based economy employing slaves transported from Africa, but the island's soil and climate were unfavourable and the plantations were largely unsuccessful.