Example sentences of "thus attempt " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus attempting to coerce a person into doing something he or she does not want to do — i.e. infringing on the person 's autonomy — places that individual in increased peril of illness , injury , attack by wild animals or malevolent ‘ spirits ’ , or any of the other innumerable dangers that menace constantly . |
| 2 | On the subject of negotiations with the government , Mandela emphasized that he himself had at no time entered into negotiations about the future of the country — thus attempting to calm black fears arising from his various meetings with government ministers and the then President P. W. Botha . |
| 3 | The Act thus attempted to control the admissibility of such evidence in the courtroom for reasons not only for its biasing effects upon a jury , but also for subsequent press coverage , which is often based on courtroom interaction . |
| 4 | The government has thus attempted to restrict local authority discretion by reducing the level of income received from the central government via cuts in the RSG and through rate capping . |
| 5 | We thus attempt to combine a general ‘ literacy ’ approach with a study of principles and design decisions , and to identify and describe relevant standards . |
| 6 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
| 7 | Ullman thus attempts to follow Lloyd Morgan 's Canon , asking what are the minimal computational processes that need to be posited to explain motion-perception . |