And there had even been an abortive project for a Council.

The deal comes a year after an abortive attempt by management to buy the company.

At least they had learned that much from their abortive earlier attempt.

The city could not stand a revolt, even an abortive one.

Their abortive attempt yesterday was the first of the 1997-98 season.

After the abortive 2002 elections he became group leader again.

It was quite likely that the request would be abortive,' but he had to try.

Thank goodness it does not seem to have been an abortive effort.

This time he didn't ask how she knew, even in an abortive way.

In December 2005, an abortive private members bill failed at its first reading to do so.

She resigned from her position after the abortive 2010 elections.

Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy.

But he's much more forthcoming than in an earlier, abortive encounter.

It took her two weeks after the abortive occupation to stick them together again.

He began an abortive motion to shake hands and then thought the better of it.

The abortive summit meeting two days ago at Geneva had been bad news.

"I lost a great deal in the abortive attack on this place," he said casually.

After another abortive departure, the ship left on December 13, 1917.

His was an abortive career in almost every way.

"This one is so cut right off it's abortive of any aspiration."

They hoped yet to retrieve something from their abortive mission.

That night the Fascists made a sort of abortive attack.

The scheme came to nothing, and a number of abortive schemes followed.

After being taken prisoner, he became involved in abortive negotiations for peace.

After two abortive attempts he got hold of her left wrist and held it with both his hands.