Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] a [adj] solution " in BNC.

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1 There had been many unsuccessful attempts to find a satisfactory solution but none of them , unlike the present invention , actually worked .
2 Jan. 15 In an apparent attempt to find a political solution , Siyad Barre announces appointment of " national reconciliation committee " ; rebels reject subsequent reports that USC has agreed to ceasefire .
3 One generation had come to understand the trends within the International and the meaning of Stalinism , while another was ready to disregard such questions in an attempt to find a social solution to essentially personal problems " .
4 It was preoccupied above all else with the " attempt to find a social solution to essentially personal problems " : family conflicts , class origins , emotional traumas .
5 In an attempt to reach a practical solution , Brunig and Klinge worked in Amazonian forest that was estimated to have some 700 plant species , excluding cryptogams , representing 70 families .
6 Siding covertly with Nasser , he progressively undermined the Suez Canal Users Association , which he himself had created , and sapped British and French confidence in American good faith with every twist in his tortuous attempts to reach a peaceful solution .
7 ‘ The employers will continue attempts to reach a justifiable solution through negotiations ’ .
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