Example sentences of "[pron] attempt at a " in BNC.

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1	In my attempt at a wide-angled overview , however , I shall argue that the camera has not just two but many sides , and that feminist film criticism and theory can only benefit from casting its eye outside a field of vision in which the theory of the gaze and questions of representation and power have been dominant for too long .
2	OK Here is my attempt at a list of buying and sellings since Wilko took over in Sep/Oct 88
3	In comparison , my attempt at a letter to the programme desk is very boring .
4	Erm this is my attempt at a formal definition of the network .
5	Even to her own ears her attempt at a laugh sounded shaky .
6	Her attempt at a light laugh did n't quite make it .
7	Unfortunately her attempt at a dignified exit was ruined by fitzAlan murmuring in a perfectly audible voice that he would not be long in joining her .
8	The contrasting pattern characteristic of Wernicke 's aphasia and illustrated by the second of the patients of Funnell ( 1983 ) — whose attempt at a description of Figure 15 we also quoted earlier in this chapter — could be interpreted , in terms of Garrett 's model , as arising when there is a defect of the process which selects the required major lexical items from the lexicon .
9	His attempt at a joke misfired .
10	His attempt at a soul-searching vigil had been frustrated .
11	We know this , firstly , because KC was perfect at understanding the meanings of words spoken to him ( as tested by word-to-picture matching ) and , secondly , because KC always knew whether his attempt at a repetition was right or wrong .
12	Since Bernie , her agent , was apparently physically incapable of lowering his voice , his attempt at a murmur two inches away from her practically shattered her left eardrum .
13	In this sense May 1968 was the price de Gaulle paid for his attempt at a shotgun wedding between French industry and the twentieth century .

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