Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A range of objectives for watershed experiments was identified by Ward ( 1971 ) and these extend from specific black box approaches to comprehensive studies in which there is an attempt to monitor many of the processes operating within a small area . |
| 2 | Despite OSF 's attempt to harmonise some of the products based upon its technology , it has come too late to net some of the larger fish . |
| 3 | But this booklet is a serious attempt to highlight some of the questions which are most frequently asked about the role which alcohol plays in society . |
| 4 | There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era . |
| 5 | Prime Minister John Major 's Citizen 's Charter initiative , launched in the summer of 1991 , represents an attempt to apply some of the tenets of total quality management to the civil service , transport , health and education . |
| 6 | This chapter is not a systematic analysis of the areas of women 's invisibility in sociology ; rather , it is an attempt to suggest some of the areas and ways in which it is manifested , some of the reasons why it occurs , and why , from the point of view of sociology ( and women ) it matters . |
| 7 | For example , the Association of Environmental Consultancies was established in 1991 by a group of 20 European environmental consultancies , in an attempt to dispel some of the uncertainties surrounding the professional standards of consulting firms . |
| 8 | During the 1930s the interest in public opinion polling germinated a more academically oriented interest in attitudes , in part as an attempt to resolve some of the problems arising from electoral prediction . |
| 9 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 10 | In the evaluators ' view , the county is to be congratulated on undertaking a project of this type in an attempt to overcome some of the inadequacies that characterise school library provision and curriculum planning within and beyond Essex . |
| 11 | However , it could provide ammunition for legal action which Ferranti intends to take against advisers and individuals in an attempt to recover some of the losses it has suffered . |
| 12 | Sterling is looking to part with one or more of the aircraft in an attempt to recover some of the costs incurred in bringing the aircraft back to civilisation . |
| 13 | This chapter attempts to highlight some of the ways that policy considerations affect the provision of materials in academic and public libraries . |
| 14 | This section attempts to highlight some of the ambiguities involved in just two of the criteria by which the success of urban policy is commonly measured . |
| 15 | In the days when BR 's grant was allocated to over 300 individual services , a participant observed attempts to load some of the costs of main line services onto subsidized ones . |
| 16 | However , Winchester did make attempts to rebut some of the allegations contained in the notice itself . |
| 17 | Their attempts to abandon many of the ideas and ideals of classical democratic theory were immediately challenged by other theorists ; while their celebrations of actually existing democracies founded on lukewarm politics and " a mainly passive electorate " were countered by the marked revival of popular activity and radical commitment which was already taking off in the late 1950s when these texts were being written and published . |
| 18 | Available now on the Macintosh with a PC version due by early June , it represents a major upgrade from previous releases and attempts to satisfy many of the demands made by its users — Aldus claim an installed base of around 150,000 worldwide . |
| 19 | At the level of legal theory the natural-entity model of the company attempts to encapsulate many of the features of the corporatist countervision . |
| 20 | This chapter , then , attempts to review some of the problems in environmental monitoring and prediction , describes some of the relevant scientific and organizational activities and looks ahead to what is likely to happen next . |
| 21 | We will consider , firstly , the question of omission ; then we will examine the issues concerned with bias in the statistics ; and thirdly we will look at attempts to overcome some of the problems with the official criminal statistics . |