Example sentences of "[det] attempt [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move was attacked by one union leader as just another attempt to drive down wages . |
| 2 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 3 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 4 | She had obviously made some attempt to tidy up . |
| 5 | Although many elements of that model still exist today , there is also quite widespread dissatisfaction with it , and there has been some attempt to find out why , and to modify these elements . |
| 6 | They suggest that not all attempts to start up new newspapers should be funded . |
| 7 | If this is so , then any attempts to conjure up a single popular will can only be factitious , and dangerous to the rights of individuals and groups within society : hence , in part , the suspicion with which mass political movements are viewed from within this perspective . |
| 8 | The simplicity of her books is above any attempts to write down to anyone . |
| 9 | Several attempts to carry out such studies , however , have shown the great logistic difficulties entailed , which may prevent such a study in the future . |
| 10 | Practically all the interviewees had made at least one and frequently several attempts to come off . |
| 11 | One important reason is that the number of possible distinct uses of topless seems to be , in principle , open ; so any attempt to draw up a determinate closed list would be of questionable validity . |
| 12 | Any attempt to draw up a wider programme would have to rely overwhelmingly on the only information available to the Opposition — the autumn statement in its present form . |
| 13 | But this is not a satisfactory reason for leaving teachers out of the management of any attempt to opt out . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's my job ’ , is her prompt response to any attempt to take over tasks she wants to do herself . |
| 15 | On April 17 , disregarding Nguza 's order that it should refrain from any attempt to take over the running of the country , the conference adopted sovereign status , and on April 21 the Most Rev. Monsengwo Pasinya was confirmed as chairman of the conference [ see p. 38662 for his election in December 1991 ] . |
| 16 | He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her . |
| 17 | Though he argued that any attempt to lay down rigid rules for classifying applications would be doomed to failure' , Dobry thought that guidance should be given in a national code of practice . |
| 18 | Any attempt to nail down individuals with the aid of rules and collective values seems doomed to vague and complex generalities . |
| 19 | Only in the Norman and the crusading states , colonized in great measure from the homeland of French feudalism , did one find any attempt to live up to a conception of feudalism as coherent as that of northern France . |
| 20 | She admitted she had come from London to gain recruits for the Communist Party , but denied any attempt to stir up strife . |
| 21 | Any attempt to pick out one concept , such as that of an individual , and theorise about it , will always be vulnerable to the challenge , ‘ But how is that concept to be explained ? ’ |
| 22 | John Anderson , principal hydrologist with the Tay River Purification Board , is emphatic that any attempt to hold back the irresistible force of the Tay is doomed to failure . |
| 23 | The united front put up by the other EC leaders was made possible by the West German Chancellor , Dr Helmut Kohl , who abandoned any attempt to slow down the decision on an inter-governmental conference . |
| 24 | Even though the nose has been lowered well below the horizon , a glider takes time to regain speed , and any attempt to turn off immediately results in a potential stall and spin accident . |
| 25 | Any attempt to open up the convolutions of farm policy to public scrutiny is bound to be seen as a threat to those with an interest in the status quo . |
| 26 | There can not be and there should not be any attempt to open up a party political divide over the importance of further reducing tobacco consumption . |
| 27 | As a protest some people never really made any attempt to get on with their writing project but just sat there and chatted to each other . |
| 28 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 29 | The grim knowledge that any attempt to dodge off unofficially would be like a minor desertion and would be followed by serious consequences , even prison , did n't weigh with me . |
| 30 | His head dropped , his wings sagged , and he gave up any attempt to fly out , not just then but ever . |