When he was staying in Nicaea, his cousins, who had been living there, made an unsuccessful attempt to take his life.

There he remained for about twelve years, during which time he made repeated but unsuccessful attempts to escape.

On the basis of the Awb, citizens can oppose a decision (' besluit ') made by a public body (' bestuursorgaan ') within the administration and apply for judicial review in courts if unsuccessful.

The Sikhs became particularly troublesome, and after several unsuccessful efforts to subdue them, Zaman Shah made the mistake of appointing a forceful young Sikh chief, Ranjit Singh, as his governor in the Punjab.

In 2009, an unsuccessful attempt was made by a German organisation to enter the 2010 Formula One season using the Brabham name.

The government made three unsuccessful attempts to enter into negotiations with the insurgents, but by 1974, the CPK were operating openly as divisions, and some of the NVA combat forces had moved into South Vietnam.

Attempted introductions before 1936 and 1944, made with the objective of controlling sugarcane pests, were unsuccessful as the toads failed to proliferate.

Following the Pittsburgh drug trials, an unsuccessful attempt was made to purchase the Pittsburgh Pirates and relocate them.

Although unsuccessful, he made a two-stroke toy engine in 1919, called Des Knaben Wunsch —" the boy's desire ".

In 1932, the NHL let grain merchant James E. Norris, who had made two previous unsuccessful bids to buy an NHL team, purchase the Falcons.

The made a brief and unsuccessful attack on the RIC barracks, but unable to take it, resolved to blockade it instead.

X Corps meanwhile, having made an unsuccessful attempt to secure a position on the escarpment, were out of touch with Eighth Army from 19: 30 until 04: 30 the next morning.

The grouped barrel concept had been explored by inventors since the 18th century, but poor engineering and the lack of a unitary cartridge made previous designs unsuccessful.

From 492-449 BC the Persians made a series of unsuccessful attempts to conquer Greece.

In 1908, opponents of Davila made an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow him.

Over the course of his reign a combination of higher taxes, unsuccessful wars and conflict with the Pope had made King John unpopular with his barons, and in 1215 some of the most important decided to rebel against him.

However, his reign was far from perfect for everyone: he made unsuccessful crusades, his expanding administrations raised opposition, and he burned Jewish books at the Pope's urging.

New Zealand entrepreneurs then made unsuccessful attempts to continue guano extraction on Jarvis, and the two-story house was sporadically inhabited during the early 1880s.

There were several unsuccessful attempts made on Caligula's life.

In the fall of 1940, Ribbentrop made a sustained but unsuccessful effort to have Spain enter the war on the Axis side.

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

Edmond Ludlow made several attempts to reconcile the army and parliament in this time period but was ultimately unsuccessful.

In 1973 Ullmann made her New York stage debut in the unsuccessful Broadway revival of I Remember Mama.

Over the course of his reign a combination of higher taxes, unsuccessful wars that resulted in the loss of English barons ' titled possessions in Normandy following the Battle of Bouvines ( 1214 ), and an ongoing conflict with the Pope Innocent III had made King John unpopular with many of his barons.

As nuncio during the 1920s, he had made unsuccessful attempts to obtain German agreement for such a treaty, and between 1930 and 1933 he attempted to initiate negotiations with representatives of successive German governments, but the opposition of Protestant and Socialist parties, the instability of national governments and the care of the individual states to guard their autonomy thwarted this aim.

-- Richard J. Hughes made his Morris County debut in his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination here last night with a pledge `` to carry the issues to every corner of the state ''.

Always, in the abortive attacks upon Ruth's record, one man alone -- a Jimmy Foxx ( 58 in 1932 ) or a Hank Greenberg ( 58 in 1938 ) or a Hack Wilson ( 56 in 1930 ) -- made the bid.

In 1835, Johnson made a bid for election to the " floater " seat for his district in the Tennessee House of Representatives ; he " demolished " the opposition in debate and won the election with almost a two to one margin.

After the mandatory bid, bought additional shares from the public sector, made the NEEP held 78. 038 % ( increased from 67. 1 % of the Sensi ).

Zaragoza, an important trade city on the Upper March of al-Andalus, made a bid for autonomy.

As of July 2002, the fate of the Minas Gerais was still unknown, with China having reportedly made a surprise bid for its purchase.

In the 1929 general election he made a final bid to return the Liberals to the political mainstream, with an ambitious programme of state stimulation of the economy called We Can Conquer Unemployment !, largely written for him by the Liberal economist John Maynard Keynes.

Despite the ban on factionalism, the Workers ' Opposition continued its open agitation against the policies of the Central Committee, and before the 11th Party Congress ( March 1922 ) the Workers ' Opposition made an ill-conceived bid to win support for their position in the Comintern.

In May 2012, the club made a formal bid to purchase Battersea Power Station, with a view to developing the site into a 60, 000 seater stadium.

For a time it was considered the front runner in the bid, and numerous reports ( all false ), surfaced during the 1994 – 1995 time frame that Commodore UK had made the purchase.

On April 5, 2009, Société de Participation Financière Eidos Canada Inc. ( Eidos ) made an unsolicited bid for Hummer.

Being aware of the purchase of 35, 000 mortar bombs, the LTTE made a bid to the manufacturer through a numbered company and arranged a vessel of their own to pick up the load.

In 1983, a local shipping businessman, Reeko Ibrahim Maniku made a bid to win the parliamentary nomination by offering bribes to members of parliament and to High Court judges.

In 2011, the Cardiff Blues regional rugby union team made a £ 6M bid for the Arms Park, later the WRU made an increased bid of £ 10M for the site.

In 1993 Fraser made a bid for the Liberal Party presidency but withdrew at the last minute following opposition to his bid due to Fraser being critical of then Liberal leader John Hewson for losing the election earlier that year.

The NASDAQ helped lower the spread ( the difference between the bid price and the ask price of the stock ) but somewhat paradoxically was unpopular among brokerages because they made much of their money on the spread.

When every player has made a bid, the player to the left of the dealer makes the opening lead.

In 1993, Sumner Redstone's entertainment conglomerate Viacom made a bid for a merger with Paramount Communications ; this quickly escalated into a bidding war with Barry Diller's QVC.

The player that made this final bid will then declare trump in the suit that is desired.

Peres made an abortive bid to form a left-wing government in 1990, but failed, leaving Shamir in power until 1992.