Example sentences of "[prep] try [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr and Mrs Widdups ' reluctant change of heart was brought about by the prospect of trying to farm in the middle of a housing estate . |
| 2 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 3 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 4 | If we have recently lost sleep ( after a week of trying to sleep in the daytime , for example ) or have been awake for an unusually long time , then the amount of deep sleep is increased but it is still concentrated in the earlier part of sleep . |
| 5 | Ask a trainee to take the role of the professional with the intention of trying to keep to the point . |
| 6 | So I think erm , just a combination of trying to get through the week can be a sort of depression for many women . |
| 7 | Malcolm Jackson has the job of trying to care for the overflow . |
| 8 | But along the way most activists realized the futility of trying to struggle with no funds and impossible odds . |
| 9 | It is like trying to push on a piece of string : it can not be done . |
| 10 | ‘ Trying to talk to you is like trying to charge through a brick wall . |
| 11 | It was like trying to whistle with a sardine in your mouth . |
| 12 | Adjusting to the disjointed ordering of time is like trying to adjust to the idea of massing all one 's sleeping hours into the first couple of weeks of the month to have the remaining two weeks wide awake . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's like trying to break into the Kremlin strongbox . ’ |
| 14 | It was like trying to shore up a wall of quicksand . |
| 15 | It was like trying to prepare for an earthquake or a hurricane . |
| 16 | She had n't given a thought to her lack of coif ; her mind was too occupied with trying to think of an excuse for remaining in her gown , and failing dismally . |
| 17 | PC Crowe was then joined by a neighbour , Hamish Fulton , but the two were beaten back from trying to get to the man 's wife by thick black smoke . |
| 18 | In trying to allow for the distinctiveness of the particular historical origins of a text while not abandoning the claims for larger historical consequences , New Historicism may veer too much towards seeing history as symbolic . |
| 19 | Although in trying to arrive at a definition of schizophrenia much emphasis has been placed on the disturbances that are found in cognitive functioning ( perception , thinking , and attention ) , abnormal emotional response is almost universal . |
| 20 | When Jane first entered the Bin , Rod , a diminutive Scot , was engaged in trying to climb round the walls of the room without touching the floor , loudly cheered by all on his way . |
| 21 | These companies realized at an early stage that there is no point in trying to compete with the majors in releasing daytime radio or ‘ Top of the Pops ’ material , and that it would be better to find acts who have proved popular on the live circuit but who are considered too left field for the majors . |
| 22 | Was Adams right in trying to get to the bottom of it ? |
| 23 | Yep , that just about sums up what we do on the way to the cairn , hence the use of the word climb in trying to convey to a companion exactly what it is you expect them to do when they get out of the car . |
| 24 | The discussion in this chapter so far has addressed cost reduction in general without trying to distinguish between the ability to become more efficient through productivity increases and the ability to improve the relationship between input and output prices . |
| 25 | While the ant is scrabbling about trying to get up the sides of the pit , the ant-lion is busy chucking sand at it , again using its head and jaws as a ‘ catapult ’ . |
| 26 | She finally convinced him by trying to run into a throw , inevitably falling over and spraining her ankle . |
| 27 | CI winger Jim Cowden will today be ruing his first minute gaffe when he threw away a try by trying to run under the posts . |
| 28 | The more moderate group of radicals continued the traditions of the New Left by trying to work within the professions to improve society . |