Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frictions grew steadily worse , and in an attempt to accommodate them the 1897 Vienna Congress resolved that the party become a federation of six national parties . |
| 2 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 3 | Three are commonly identified i.e. national , local and school , and in an attempt to clarify them the following paragraphs examine each in turn . |
| 4 | Montag 's speech is a desperate attempt to show her the reality of her life . |
| 5 | But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’ |