The one hundred seventeen men,women and children were not the first white people to try to live on the island.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

When crime scene investigators arrive at the place of a crime, they first try to make sure the area is secure.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

He was afraid Confederate forces in Virginia might try to capture Washington in the first days of the war.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The U.N.Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to be the first nation in the area to try Somali piracy suspects.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

British climbers were the first to try to reach the place called "the top of the world."

VOA: special.2011.05.10

A surgeon may try to reattach a fingertip that is cut off below the first joint.

VOA: special.2011.02.02

Adrienne Freeman explained that rescuers will first try to prevent additional heat loss.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

"The first stage, which is kind of concrete, they try to do something where there is some measurement involved.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

You can bake the best loaf of bread you have ever tasted, and you can do it, if not your first try, then your second or third try.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Market experts say next year India is likely to try to import three million tons of rice tapping the world market for the first time in 21 years because of a drought.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

They are not under any pressure," Veteran diplomat Francesc Vendrell believes before negotiating with Taliban elements, the West should first try to deal with the root causes of disillusionment in Afghanistan - poor government,corruption, and lack of economic opportunity.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

"But having learned lessons from the first elections that there was widespread fraud, irregularities and fraudulence, we will try our best in close coordination with Afghan leadership and Afghan institutions and other international major partners to make this election as fair and free of fraudulence,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.20