• By the time of the London bombings in July 2005, investigators still did not know (or had not tried hard enough to find out) Khan's name.

    ECONOMIST: Waiting for al-Qaeda's next bomb

  • But soon they were squabbling about housework, and about the apportionment of their duties in a building they managed, and about the money he was making or not making, as he tried to launch a new company.

    NEWYORKER: Looking for Someone

  • Railway officials are also puzzled by the driver and his assistant's apparent lack of reaction - they do not appear to have tried to jump off the train or apply brakes.

    BBC: Driver 'error' led to West Bengal train crash

  • Digital fashion shows aren't meant to replace traditional runway shows but simply to provide an alternative for brands that might not get the same audience or attention if they tried to show their lines live, Shah said.

    CNN: Social media bring fashion to the masses

  • If a suspect was not tried, or was acquitted, the sample had to be destroyed and the profile removed from the database.

    ECONOMIST: DNA evidence

  • While Buckhead hotel newcomers such as the Mansion or the St Regis have tried, they have not been able to wrestle away the crown of the 224-room Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, which sets the standard for five-star hotels in this city.

    BBC: Business trip: Atlanta

  • But there are two major issues, says Ganis, that would arise if he tried to represent NBA players: whether or not he could handle their basketball-related matters given his status as a co-owner of the Nets, and whether he could handle non-basketball related matters like endorsements as well.

    FORBES: What Jay-Z's Robinson Cano Deal Means For His Nets Stake

  • Still, even that did not seem to change who they were, or at least who they tried to be.

    NPR: One Boy's Heroism in the Face of AIDS

  • Now she saw him at meetings, and tried not to retch at his con-job shares, or recall the sweetness of their precious predawn hours, when addiction itself seemed as exquisite and harmless as a baby giraffe.

    NEWYORKER: Deniers

  • If you've tried to remove the lens only once or twice and your eye is not irritated, it may be helpful to put rewetting drops in the eye and wait several minutes before trying to remove the lens again.

    CNN: How can I safely remove a stuck contact lens?

  • In 1995, the Supreme Court tried to stop this by saying people could not dodge social obligations, or avoid bigamy charges, by changing faith.

    ECONOMIST: Religious conversions

  • After all, despite lots of noise from the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the European Commission, even Google, with all its dominance in search advertising, has not yet been charged or sued on antitrust grounds (though it came close when it tried to do a search deal with Yahoo in 2008).

    FORBES: Facebook's Looming Post-IPO Challenge: Antitrust

  • It is not clear whether he will be tried in Chad or in Senegal, where Mr Habre is due to go on trial after being held under house arrest there since 2005.

    BBC: Mahamat Djibrine: Chadians hail ex-police chief's arrest

  • It has not tried to blame foreigners for its troubles, nor has it hid behind tariff barriers or currency controls.

    ECONOMIST: THE KOREAS

  • "What we've tried to do is to be constructive, to not frame this as us scolding them or telling them what to do, but to give them advice in part based on our experiences here in having stabilized a financial situation effectively, " he said.

    WSJ: Obama Urges Europe to Act Decisively

  • First, it tried to accelerate the processing of asylum claims so people are not condemned to idleness for months or even years.

    ECONOMIST: IMMIGRATION

  • Mostly, we just want fixes to previous government efforts that tried but failed to fix a problem that turned out not to need a regulatory solution, or at least not one without an expiration date.

    FORBES: What Does Silicon Valley Need from Washington? Less.

  • Probably the single biggest error at HBOS, exposed by standards commission, was that those who tried to control risk-taking at the centre of the bank did not have the mandate or power to rein in over-exuberant divisional bosses.

    BBC: Why bash the HBOS three?

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定