Example sentences of "attempt [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All attempts to heal or tend him failed |
| 2 | This section operates where the clause attempts to exclude or restrict business liability as defined in s. 1(3) . |
| 3 | The makeshift bomb lobbed into an upstairs bedroom was packed with nuts , bolts and glass in an attempt to kill or maim anyone in the room . |
| 4 | Had the Government not thought that they could get the Bill passed without the House having a serious attempt to debate or qualify it , those matters could have been discussed with experts . |
| 5 | In addition to the activities of members on the floor of the House or in the parties , there has been an attempt to restore or increase the influence of the Commons by adopting new procedures , most of which involve the development of a new committee system . |
| 6 | As we have seen , in a large number of colonies the authorities had been involved in publishing newspapers , Using both the colonial and local languages , they had tried to put over the official point of view , often in an attempt to forestall or counter alternative interpretations and opinions . |
| 7 | However , in an attempt to forestall or derail Microsoft 's likely objections to WABI , legal or otherwise — including its promise to ‘ make Windows such a moving target that Sun could not keep up ’ ( UX No 431 ) — Sun is also expected to unleash its latest secret weapon that 's guaranteed to raise the stakes once again . |
| 8 | In an attempt to forestall or derail Microsoft Corp 's likely objections to its WABI Windows Applications Binary Interface for running Windows applications under Unix , Sun Microsystems Inc is expected to reveal at the WABI launch tomorrow that it has orchestrated a Public Windows Initiative pressure group of vendors that will attempt to force Microsoft to open up , if not make public , its future plans for the Win16 16-bit application programming interface for Windows 3.1 , this week 's issue of our sister paper Unigram.X reports . |
| 9 | However , in an attempt to forestall or derail Microsoft 's likely objections to WABI , legal or otherwise — including its promise to ‘ make Windows such a moving target that Sun could not keep up ’ — Sun is also expected to unleash its latest secret weapon that 's guaranteed to raise the stakes once again . |
| 10 | Section 2(1) will operate to defeat any attempt to exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injuries caused by negligence . |
| 11 | If the structures of knowledge that exist do reflect the structures of the real world , then any attempt to modify or erode them is likely to be unproductive . |
| 12 | When a part of the body becomes infected the immune system comes into play , rushing white blood cells and immune proteins to the scene of the infection in an attempt to inactivate or kill the invading organisms and to clear up the damage . |
| 13 | Like the logico-linguistic and behaviourist enterprises , causalism and functionalism attempt to define or analyse consciousness by looking elsewhere . |
| 14 | His genuine desire to make up may be interpreted as an attempt to embarrass or be-little . |
| 15 | There is no attempt to understand or explain the phenomenon in terms of wider social forces . |
| 16 | would suggest that the only reason for this application is one of profit , there has been no attempt to recognize or implement the views of the village in terms of the type of accommodation which is required , I would suspect that it 's Grant Development 's intention to develop this site and then walk away , and leave the villagers to suffer the consequences . |
| 17 | This was implied in Gaddafi 's declaration that Libya ‘ resists any attempt to reduce or cancel out its international role by imposing a situation which might oblige it to relinquish neutrality in compelling circumstances ’ . |
| 18 | So this is an area where no sort of remedy is obtainable from the attempt to invoke or elicit the natural response of a community to an attack upon its health . |
| 19 | From this view any attempt to quantify or verify the meanings is misleading . |
| 20 | Conventions have been introduced at every stage of our constitutional development in an attempt to regulate or define the use of that power . |
| 21 | Forecasting is an attempt to visualise or anticipate the kind of future environment in which company plans and actions are likely to be implemented . |
| 22 | Forecasting is an attempt to visualise or anticipate the kind of future environment in which company plans and actions are likely to be implemented . |
| 23 | As soon as he saw their mood he made no attempt to join or follow ; and the people , seeing he had not the cut of a government man , passed him by . |
| 24 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 25 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 26 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 27 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 28 | ‘ The attack was not a serious attempt to injure or destroy , but merely a statement . |
| 29 | What was more , she had an idea that he must feel the same , because he in his turn talked to her quite naturally , without the slightest attempt to entertain or amuse her . |
| 30 | Physical features , such as a propensity for obesity or tallness may reflect predisposition to early maturation ; in these cases , anorexia nervosa may represent an attempt to prevent or reverse the maturational process in those who feel unprepared . |