Examples of using Tried in vain in English and their translations into Dutch
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Dillon tried in vain to rally his retreating troops before the enemy could attack
Many have tried in vain to find out which distillery was behind these barrels,
Reporting Marian Geller also personally ready with an apology to all the danes who tried in vain to get needed dental care in the summer holidays?
who after work tried in vain to get rid of lice.
He tried in vain to persuade our committee to support the thrust of the Commission proposals.
He tried in vain to remember the faces or dress of the assassins;
The Spanish government tried in vain to block this framework directive on water because of its National Hydrological Plan.
I tried in vain to remove the worst of the imprecision by means of three unambiguous amendments.
The 192 countries that had ratified the 1997 UN framework convention on climate change(UNFCCC) tried in vain to renegotiate an international agreement on the climate to replace the Kyoto protocol that had been in force since 2005.
Ricardo has, it may be noted in passing, tried in vain to make clear to J. B. Say, by that very example, the difference between
I have tried in vain to quieten the feelings I have for you,
then with a bewildered intelligence full of grief sighs over everything he tried in vain.
visited him on his journey thither and tried in vain to induce him to adopt some fixed plan for the future.
I know that you tried in vain to convince the former Italian Government about this
we in Parliament have tried in vain to urge Mr Nielson,
Sam tries in vain to contact Auping.
The narrator tries in vain to come into contact with them.
That the developed world often tries in vain to impose.
Elena, trying in vain to calm them.
The perpetrator calls the rescue service, which tries in vain to save Mireille's life.