Example sentences of "attempt [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused . |
| 2 | The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto . |
| 3 | But it was not until war actually broke out that any concerted attempt was made to organize an informed public opinion outside Parliament that would be capable of mounting detailed criticism of and pressure on the Foreign Office . |
| 4 | An attempt was made to stop the bleeding or to prevent further haemorrhage by local injection of polidocanol . |
| 5 | Isagoras invoked the aid of King Cleomenes of Sparta , and an attempt was made to restore the aristocratic oligarchy . |
| 6 | The Waveney continued her search until 1900 , when an attempt was made to winch the two survivors into a helicopter , but this too had to be abandoned because of the extreme conditions . |
| 7 | Under Holland 's direction the Forest courts were again revived , and once again an attempt was made to fill an empty Treasury with Forest fines and amercements . |
| 8 | Here an attempt was made to strengthen the elected communes . |
| 9 | In 1982 a fresh attempt was made to find a political solution by the establishment of a new assembly for the province . |
| 10 | In 1439 a further attempt was made to secure a diplomatic settlement when the French , the English , and the Burgundians ( but not the representatives of the Church , excluded by the English for their alleged partiality at Arras ) met near Calais in the summer of that year . |
| 11 | In October 1938 , a second attempt was made to secure a united opposition to a National candidate , this time with more success than at Aylesbury . |
| 12 | An attempt was made to introduce a non-fraternisation policy , but with limited success . |
| 13 | In devising the programme an attempt was made to keep a good geographical spread of activity and to maintain expertise throughout the geological column and on all major rock types . |
| 14 | If more than one attempt was required to guess the correct letter then the character is emboldened and the number of attempts shown as a subscript . |
| 15 | Gay Switchboards have passed on information to every man who phoned in , self-help groups and caring services were set up , and — when there was time to breathe — attempts were made to persuade a reluctant government that the deaths of so many gay men was an issue worthy of their attention . |
| 16 | Attempts were made to improve the public image of the police . |
| 17 | Attempts were made to sell the PC-5 to the USAAC , but they showed no interest , due to the use of strategic materials . |
| 18 | Yet although attempts were made to assure the British public that telephone-tapping was conducted in the most exceptional and in the most highly controlled circumstances , it was suspected by some that the practice was very different . |
| 19 | But outside London the paper began to sell , as in cities like Birmingham , Manchester , and Edinburgh attempts were made to match the expanding underground scene . |
| 20 | Needless to say the Spanish settlers brought missionaries with them and successful attempts were made to impose the Catholic liturgy on a people with their own living religious tradition . |
| 21 | Valiant attempts were made to develop a humane and worthwhile schooling for the majority who were not selected into grammar schools by the sophisticated operation of an eleven-plus examination . |
| 22 | During 1989 and the first part of 1990 Pasok 's standing was seriously undermined by a number of scandals , as attempts were made to uncover the full extent of corruption during the period of Pasok government . |
| 23 | These findings are consistent with our early experience , when attempts were made to isolate a 10 cm segment of oesophagus between two occluding balloons in six subjects . |