Example sentences of "[vb -s] that any attempt " in BNC.

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1 According to a ministry spokesman he fears that any attempt to legislate ‘ would attract extreme factions who would force through legislation to the detriment of the agrochemical industry as a whole . ’
2 It seems that any attempt to conceive of a content of a mental event , separately from its inherent subject , is in a way futile .
3 This inevitably means that any attempt to analyse macrosociological data — aggregate national statistics for levels of income and unemployment , trends in infant mortality and the like — is bound to give rise to controversy .
4 The report also contends that any attempt by the government to establish a fixed budget for the nation 's total health care spending also would run foul of the Fifth Amendment .
5 She believes that any attempt to negotiate an acceptable package for the whole school from the start would have resulted in ‘ minimal change at the margins only . ’
6 ‘ If a driver knows that any attempt to overtake the car ahead of him will risk a fine or disqualification , then he will not try , ’ the Austrian said .
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