a last - ditch attempt

"It finally came to a head and I had nowhere else to turn. This is a last-ditch attempt to get an employer's attention, " David said.

Surrounded and outnumbered, with casualties mounting, Azuma led seventy men in a last ditch attempt to break the enemy encirclement.

Recruiting outsiders is something of a last-ditch attempt to shake up the islands' inward-looking policing culture.

In a last-ditch attempt to silence the ringing in his ears, Ridder's team implanted electrodes near the patient's TPJ.

Thousands of people began queuing on Wednesday, in a last-ditch attempt to secure a ticket for the Olympics.

In a last-ditch attempt to save his party from electoral defeat, he resigned from the leadership.

The speech was a last-ditch attempt by Mr Bush to persuade a sceptical Congress to remain committed to a deeply unpopular war.

They will meet again today as Chelsea make a last ditch attempt to persuade Terry that his future remains at Stamford Bridge.

"People are chucking money at Christmas in a last-ditch attempt to have a make or break, " she added.

Hungary stunned the markets by raising rates 3pc to 11. 5pc in a last-ditch attempt to defend the forint's currency peg in the ERM.

The stonewalling, denials and partner gagging is simply a last-ditch attempt at wallet covering.