• When the pain increased and the infection appeared not to clear up, she tried in vain to make an appointment to see the gynaecologist.

    BBC: Richard Neale

  • Ospreys tried in vain to make their numerical superiority count but the hosts extended their lead with a late Laidlaw penalty to secure victory.

    BBC: Edinburgh 23-16 Ospreys

  • Foreign donors tried in vain to make Arafat slim them down.

    ECONOMIST: The Palestinian territories

  • For years, she had tried in vain to make sense of that moment of farewell, but all she could recall was two heads bobbing before vanishing under the boat, the linked arms of two other friends, and a wave from Meimei, the youngest of the six, as she sank beneath the surface.

    NEWYORKER: Alone

  • They will also struggle, probably in vain, to make the much-abused ceilings on euro members' fiscal deficits more enforceable.

    ECONOMIST: The European Union summit

  • They have also urged Mr Aznar, in vain, to make a place for religious, rather than just ethical, teaching in the national curriculum.

    ECONOMIST: A new Golden Age

  • He also said he had found it painful "to put youngsters in harm's way, " adding that he had an obligation to make sure lives had not been lost in vain.

    CNN: Bush: No regrets over Iraq invasion

  • Cities like these are in fiscal trouble because the government (both local and state) spends more than it takes in and then raises taxes in a vain effort to make up the difference.

    FORBES: Broken California: Wasting Money and Hurting Business

  • So each of you deserves this moment in the sun -- and it is sunny. (Laughter.) Because tomorrow we know that you and your fellow first responders will be back on your diligent duty -- looking out for us, looking out for one another, looking back at times with fallen partners, determined to make sure that their extraordinary sacrifices were not in vain.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Honors the Nation��s TOP COPS

  • The Teamsters want to make sure that additional "sacrifices are not made in vain again due to mismanagement, " said Dennis Raymond, leader of Hostess's Teamsters workers, in a statement.

    WSJ: Twinkie Maker Hostess Brands, Unions Face Off Over New Batch of Cuts

  • Some premature celebrating by Roberts allowed Dragons full-back Martyn Thomas to make up some ground, but his desperate dive proved in vain.

    BBC: Dragons 13-40 Blues

  • It's magnificent, and every waking moment of a commander-in-chief should be to make sure that people like that's efforts are and their family's sacrifices are not made in vain.

    CNN: Thompson's September 7, 2007, speech in Des Moines, Iowa

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