Example sentences of "[vb -s] tried [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Secretary of State has tried to assure the House about the problems and implications of recognition of Croatia , will he try once more to reassure us about that recognition ? |
| 2 | Time and again Carolyn has tried to teach the horse something which he did n't seem to get quite right but the next day one of us has asked and he 's done it . |
| 3 | It seems that the director , Wendy Toye , has tried to mirror the film on stage . |
| 4 | The Catholic church , led by Bishop Torukwon has tried to hold the Tren regime in check , but is becoming increasingly isolated , especially with the rise of the powerful Islamic Faction . |
| 5 | The council has tried to collect the arrears by issuing final notices and summonses , and now holds distress warrants relating to the majority of accounts . |
| 6 | Other governments have viewed the spontaneous housing settlements as wretched areas , which not only house society 's drop-outs , but are also breeding grounds for crime and radical political activity The Brazilian government has tried to eradicate the squatter settlements for these reasons , which is especially the case in Rio de Janeiro , because of the added factor that it is an international tourist centre and the favelas are so visible on the steep hillsides behind the luxury hotels and beaches . |
| 7 | The user has tried to access the details of a module which is not known to LIFESPAN . |
| 8 | It is one of the paradoxes of contemporary political thinking that at the same time as much conventional theory has tried to restrict the idea of democracy to that of choosing a government from competing elites , it is also widely admitted that the theoretical sovereignty of these democratic governments is not in fact matched by their actual powers over society , particularly in relation to the vast conglomerate firms and multi-national companies on whose policies and decisions the employment and livelihood of so many millions now depend . |
| 9 | The user logged onto LIFESPAN has tried to submit the DC listed . |
| 10 | This article has tried to give the reader an insight into starting with large cichlids regarding fish and their selection . |
| 11 | He also developed an exhaustive database on U.S. rugby spinal injuries in 1990 , and has tried to use the information to suggest Law changes that could help prevent catastrophic injuries . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , a second Iraqi ship has tried to breach the U N trade embargo imposed against Iraq : earlier today a British warship , H M S Battleaxe , fired warning shots across the bows of one vessel that failed to stop for a cargo inspection . |
| 13 | And both , implicitly or explicitly , organize this field historically , for the non-popular is , depending on the perspective , either what the popular has tried to replace or what has tried to replace the popular . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , this latter modification has been rejected ( Dearden and Rosenblood , 1980 ) and Dearden ( 1980 ) has tried to develop the multiple regression model by making the dependent variable more representative , and the independent variables more comprehensive . |
| 15 | It has tried to change the question ’ . |
| 16 | And she has tried to defuse the threat which science undoubtedly can pose against creative writing . |
| 17 | He argues the company has tried to monopolise the market by convincing customers that its relational database management system is effectively the computer , making it appear that all other functions and tasks the user may want to perform are bound tightly to the database — requirements that can only be met by other Oracle products . |
| 18 | The Shah himself has tried to have the British government curb the BBC . |
| 19 | Since that occasion my correspondent has tried to find the embrasure or refuge that the old man was standing in , without success . |
| 20 | The park has tried to repair the damage by cutting prices at the gates and in the hotels but visitors still complain it 's too expensive . |
| 21 | ‘ The Chancellor has tried to walk the knife edge . |
| 22 | It has tried to make the excellent support the Campaign offers more accessible to people all over Wales who are keen to improve their local environment . |
| 23 | The SSD 's head of quality assurance Hugh Dunnachie said the inspection team has tried to work the whole process through with schools . |
| 24 | Now Jane Nottage , his former personal assistant and commercial manager , from Hankerton near Tetbury , has tried to unravel the complexities of Gazza 's life in a new biography . |
| 25 | Yet throughout its recent history WACC has tried to broaden the perspective so as to include life as a whole and those issues of society which are crucial from the perspective of God 's reign . |
| 26 | Geoffrey Dennis , an economist in the New York office of James Capel , a British securities firm , has tried to gauge the depth of this recession compared with previous ones , using the monthly indicators instead of GNP . |
| 27 | But there is no outdoor super-track , and thus no one has tried to break the world record , for the 1500 metres on one . |
| 28 | The party has tried to break the mould before , but delegates are convinced that this time its different . |
| 29 | The Thirties Society has tried to counteract the brewers ' failure to understand the potential assets represented by their 20th century buildings , but since so few pubs are listed many cases escape our notice . |
| 30 | Rather than stick to these ‘ origination ’ strengths , however , BZW has tried to build the kind of corporate-finance department long boasted by old-established merchant banks that advise on mergers and acquisitions . |