Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] attempted [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The user has attempted to update the manager of a package while work is currently underway ( active DC(s) ) . |
| 2 | More recently the Soviet leadership under Gorbachev has attempted to revive the framework of Asian collective security through promoting a range of interlocking initiatives addressing military and security issues in the Asian-Pacific region . |
| 3 | This chapter has attempted to summarize the recent developments in user interfaces for GIS . |
| 4 | ii An Australian study has attempted to analyze the bodyrelated attitudes of female current , ex , and never-smokers by using a questionnaire that assesses a wide range of attitudes towards the body . |
| 5 | He stated that the United States had attempted to secure the unification of Korea but without success . |
| 6 | Various authors have attempted to investigate the qualities which pertain to the nature of spatial order as such ( e.g. Hillier and Hanson 1984 ) , and many others have investigated the social use of space with particular reference to architecture ( e.g. Ardener ed. 1981 ; Gilsenan 1982 : 164–214 ; King ed. 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Previous authors have attempted to convert the measured ionised calcium activity to the substance concentration of free calcium . |
| 8 | ‘ Ossie has attempted to play the game in the attractive way he has always believed in , ’ said O'Neill . |
| 9 | Occasionally , housing policies in local areas have attempted to restrict the sale of houses to local inhabitants . |
| 10 | Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Beats the Chinese Heart , a Viewpoint touring exhibition by Simon Buckley shows the mix of traditional and modern lifestyles in Hong Kong and looks at the how the Chinese community has attempted to recreate the atmosphere of Hong Kong in Manchester ( until 2 Mar ) . |
| 11 | Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Beats the Chinese Heart , a Viewpoint touring exhibition by Simon Buckley shows the mix of traditional and modern lifestyles in Hong Kong and looks at how the Chinese community has attempted to recreate the atmosphere of Hong Kong in Manchester ( until 2 Mar ) . |
| 12 | The action occurred after Palestinians had attempted to prevent the soldiers arresting three men who had been painting slogans on a wall . |
| 13 | Several investigators have attempted to define the portal venous and hepatic arterial contributions to total liver blood flow by non-invasive means including ultrasound and radionuclide angiography . |
| 14 | Numerous studies have attempted to estimate the effects of membership upon a country joining the EC . |
| 15 | Previous studies have attempted to evaluate the severity of duodenogastric reflux ( DGR ) and to determine whether specific constituents of duodenal juice are responsible for symptoms . |
| 16 | A number of studies have attempted to rank the relative mobilities of the major constituents released during weathering , and although the precise order varies depending on the environmental conditions the generally agreed sequence is |
| 17 | Only a few manometric studies have attempted to characterise the motility patterns associated with mass movements . |
| 18 | In recent years the importance of the prostaglandin pathway in platelets in relation to platelet aggregation has become apparent and several studies have attempted to assess the activity of this pathway in platelets from diabetic subjects . |
| 19 | The above studies have attempted to assess the presence of circulating platelet aggregates . |
| 20 | Few studies have attempted to study the issues from the point of view of the historian . |
| 21 | In the first decade of his reign Selim had attempted to appease the Serbs by granting them a degree of self-government . |
| 22 | The aim of the research is to study the way the government has attempted to combine the various objectives , which , despite much talk in the past , have never been seriously linked , as planning had more or less disappeared over the period 1970-81 . |
| 23 | This monograph has attempted to review the more important aspects of the testing of product stability and product-container compatibility . |
| 24 | For years the government had attempted to dissolve the people and elect another . |
| 25 | An economic embargo had been established in late March , and in early May the government had attempted to increase the pressure by declaring a 50-mile " exclusion zone " around the island , from which all ships and aircraft would be prohibited . |
| 26 | It was alleged in March that the Soviet Union had attempted to circumvent the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces ( INF ) Treaty . |
| 27 | The signing of START came amidst embarrassing revelations from US officials who claimed that the Soviet Union had attempted to circumvent the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces ( INF ) treaty by stationing SS-23 missiles in three Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 28 | The rally 's organizers claimed that the recent demonstrations by " red-brown " forces had attempted to destabilize the country in order to influence the forthcoming decision of the Constitutional Court on the Communist Party [ see p. 38923 ] . |
| 29 | No-one can accuse lawyers within the peace movement of failing to seize these opportunities , and yet despite all the energy directed towards establishing that the use — or even possession — of nuclear weapons would be illegal , and drafting treaties and campaigning for their adoption by states , few lawyers have attempted to establish the assumptions on the basis of which this activity takes place . |
| 30 | Later a series of more detailed studies are to examine the way in which particular sectors of industry have been affected by , and in turn have attempted to influence the regulatory framework . |