Example sentences of "[art] attempt to use the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The attempt to use the theatre for purposes of moral education , still practised in Schiller 's time , was soon discredited .
2 The Scottish Office announced yesterday that the attempt to use the Government 's opt-out law to thwart Strathclyde Region 's plans to close the school had not succeeded .
3 The failure to recruit for " reformist trade unions " and the attempt to use the MM as the nucleus for Red Trade Unions had greatly reduced Communist influence , argued Pieck .
4 It is even possible that the attempt to use the LWP for internal repression played a part in Gomulka 's downfall .
5 Witness the attempt to use the impeachment process against Lincoln 's successor , Andrew Johnson ; the defeat of Wilson over the Treaty of Versailles and the routing of his party in the 1920 election .
6 The third servant made no attempt to use the gold but dug a hole and kept it safe for his master 's return .
7 An attempt to use the scanner to survey their new landing point fails ; the screen explodes almost as if , the Doctor muses , the images outside were too great to fill the picture area …
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