Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coupled with attempts to provide compensation for the victims of crime , they represent an attractive package to a public deeply concerned with crime . |
| 2 | He failed in three attempts to secure election to the Trades Union Congress 's parliamentary committee , but he represented the vellum binders at the foundation conference of the labour representation committee in February 1900 , and was elected to its executive . |
| 3 | Doubt and ambivalence are transmuted into clarity and certainty , and any attempt to reintroduce complexity into the debate is rejected as ‘ mere nitpicking ’ or ‘ a deliberate attempt to muddy the issue ’ . |
| 4 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Sept. 28 that Myanma sources and diplomatic observers had dismissed these allegations as an attempt to discredit the NLD and as an attempt to bolster unity in the Army which had fought the insurgent CPB for many years . |
| 5 | RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to grant/deny approval to the package . |
| 6 | Former mayor Marion Barry , who had recently been convicted of cocaine possession [ see pp. 37647 ; 37769 ] , failed in his attempt to secure election to the city council , winning only 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 7 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 8 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 9 | Keith Pringle 's attempt to provide debate about the role of men in caring for damaged and vulnerable children ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) raised a number of interesting issues . |
| 10 | Some of the costs that were eventually allowed were costs incurred in conducting correspondence with a surety in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain payment of the mortgage debt i.e. non-litigation costs . |
| 11 | The prime target of their discontent was Serrano , for he had intervened with Franco in an attempt to obtain clemency for the Falangists involved in what Galarza and Varela were presenting as an attack on the Army as an institution . |
| 12 | Conflict was deferred by the attempt to reach agreement along the lines of ‘ Manchuria for Korea ’ ( Mankan kó0kan ) ( i.e. Manchuria for Russia and Korea for Japan ) , but the two countries eventually came to blows in 1904 over the failure of Russian troops to withdraw on schedule from Manchuria . |
| 13 | suggesting that it was a Communist-inspired attempt to reach agreement with the Liberals . |
| 14 | As recently as 1949 a Dutch officer had committed some appalling massacres here in a misguided attempt to regain control of the colonies for Holland . |
| 15 | An attempt to regain control over the peasants ' movement |
| 16 | An attempt to avoid liability on the part of the seller for any representations given by him/her or on his/her behalf save for replies to enquiries given by the seller 's conveyancer and stating that the buyer proceeds entirely on the basis of the buyer 's own survey and inspection . |
| 17 | An attempt to paddle west along the north coast of Ronay towards more sheltered water was thwarted by the ebb tide ripping out , abetted by the mighty wind . |
| 18 | It was a group which came together in 1972 in an attempt to focus attention on the severity and inconsistencies of sentences being given in the courts to loyalists charged with politically motivated offences in contrast to those being given to republicans . |
| 19 | In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of opinions , the research comprises three parts : a national attitude survey , to determine the structure of attitudes at one point in time ; follow-up interviews with a small number of respondents to the national survey , in which the experience of using various welfare services is being explored in detail ; and the re-analysis of information from previous surveys on similar topics , to see whether attitudes have changed much in recent years . |
| 20 | Such apparent complacency stung the voters and , in a way , it was the epitaph of the Labour government and its attempt to share responsibility with the unions . |
| 21 | First , Landry 's argument is decidedly teleological , and she makes no secret of her attempt to understand Leapor against the backdrop of recent feminist discourse : |
| 22 | The increasing concern for inflation , felt during the 1970s , meant that governments restricted the price rises of nationalised industries in an attempt to moderate inflation in the economy as a whole . |
| 23 | The attempt to reduce liquidity in the economy through high real interest rates was the government 's main mistake . |
| 24 | Anonymity is not used to neutralize the moral responsibility respondents would otherwise have for their actions and opinions , but is our attempt to keep faith with the trust we earned . |
| 25 | This procedure was introduced in an attempt to save time on the floor of the House and is used for unopposed and non controversial legislation . |
| 26 | AN ATTEMPT to lift confidence in the Government 's control of the economy will be made tomorrow when the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , is expected to deliver an austerity Budget with a promise of recovery on the horizon . |
| 27 | So today 's typical organization in which knowledge tends to be concentrated in service staffs , perched rather insecurely between top management and the operating people , will likely be labeled a phase , an attempt to infuse knowledge from the top rather than obtain information from below . |
| 28 | The use of the ‘ street survey ’ and the ‘ random sample ’ went hand in hand with the attempt to measure deprivation through the use of ‘ poverty lines ’ , standards of ‘ minimum needs ’ , ‘ overcrowding ’ indices , and objective standards of health and adequate nutrition . |
| 29 | The summit 's commitment to " increase the transparency in the decision-making process of the Community " was seen as an attempt to assist ratification of the Treaty . |
| 30 | Tony Benn , Ken Livingstone and Dennis Skinner , Labour chairman , joined in an attempt to rally opposition to the review at a pre-conference fringe meeting . |