The £12 billion thrown at test-and-trace was nothing if not a sincere attempt to catch up.

His brief period of captaincy was notable for a desperately sincere attempt to get his head around the conundrum of other people.

But he should nonetheless be lauded for a generally readable and admirably sincere attempt to understand a nation and its people.

What has partly sustained our relationship for such a long time has been a sincere attempt to understand our respective difficulties.

Some will take it at face value, as commendable evidence of a sincere attempt to keep the workforce happy in a fiercely competitive industry where talent counts for everything.

Some of these men were awkward, some of their visits almost inappropriate, but they were brimful of sincere emotion.

They once got assigned my family memoir (full of sincere emotion) as an essay question at school and mercifully asked to do something else.

I admire this sincere emotion.

And sincere emotions expressed with eloquence make for honest persuasion.

These paintings disclose their subjects' complex and sincere emotions, their personalities and fates.

For the sport to prosper, it will require a more sincere faith.

A man of deep and sincere faith, he enhanced spiritual life programs and opportunities for student ministry.

With sincere faith and strong confidence he placed himself in the line of the sick.

Any devotee in distress or difficulty can invoke her divine blessings by offering camphor with sincere faith.

He never forced religion on anyone; but his sincere faith and devotion was there for all to see, coupled with his impish sense of humour.

He had a humane and sincere sympathy for all who requested his assistance.

He has our sincere sympathy in the affliction that has befallen him.

The sufferers have the sincere sympathy of the nation.

Please convey my sincere sympathy to the mayor, to the injured, and the next-of-kin of those who have lost their lives.

Our sincere sympathy goes from the heart.

The pointed way he looked at different parts of the audience was too rehearsed to appear totally sincere.

Health and safety workers are industrious, dedicated and totally sincere.

This time, though, it felt totally sincere.

Perhaps he's totally sincere, but who's going to believe that?

But it was totally sincere and from the heart.