Example sentences of "first attempt [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first attempt to organize a professional body occurred in 1831 , when the Architects Society was formed . |
| 2 | 758 , the trading centre at Ipswich seems to have been expanding and the first attempt to restore a southern coinage was made , predating Offa 's first issues and suggesting an impressive degree of independence on Beonna 's part . |
| 3 | And this is why your first attempt to conduct a great work will often end up as a disaster , because you do n't know where the real points of stress are , you do n't know how the piece is distributed . |
| 4 | Keane , rated in the £5m bracket , is out of contract at the end of next season and has already rebuffed Brian Clough 's first attempt to negotiate a new deal . |
| 5 | These will be sketched briefly in this chapter to provide the background to Duncan Sandys ' revolutionary Defence White Paper of 1957 — the first attempt to establish a post-imperial Defence policy . |
| 6 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |