Example sentences of "and [prep] an attempt " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporary ‘ problems ’ on the terraces can thus be seen , in this historical context , as a coherent resistance of change and as an attempt by fans to reclaim their soccer heritage . |
| 2 | They had regarded it rightly or wrongly as a wangle and as an attempt to ally capitalist forces against the worker . " |
| 3 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Sept. 28 that Myanma sources and diplomatic observers had dismissed these allegations as an attempt to discredit the NLD and as an attempt to bolster unity in the Army which had fought the insurgent CPB for many years . |
| 4 | The subsequent growth of Teheran had made the previous royal quarters in town too cramped and after an attempt on the Shah life in 19965 , on of several that he survived , the family had moved to Niavaran . |
| 5 | CHICKEN sales are expected to be at least double those of turkey this Easter and in an attempt to close the gap , the British Turkey Federation are spending £100,000 on a national press campaign stressing ‘ British turkey get 's everyone 's vote ’ . |
| 6 | They were well aware that before the English visit , and in an attempt to give himself some room for manoeuvre , Napoleon III had wooed the Tsar . |
| 7 | Napoleon III was well aware of the danger posed by prolonged disputes about the Spanish succession and in an attempt to bring the problem to a quick end , he proposed as a ‘ neutral ’ candidate the Portuguese Prince , Fernando , husband and former King-Consort of Queen Maria . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When in Rome Simon is said to have encountered St. Peter and in an attempt to gain converts he flew through the air supported by invisible demons . |
| 10 | ‘ What I do n't understand , ’ I said harshly , and in an attempt to steer the conversation away from compliments , ‘ is why you give the twins enough money to buy themselves drugs in the first place . ’ |
| 11 | These moves convinced Pope Paul III that Henry 's disobedience was serious , and in an attempt to activate an earlier bull of excommunication against the king , he lent his support to the Northern rebels during the Pilgrimage of Grace . |
| 12 | As a result of all this , and in an attempt to lay down clear guidelines for Crown Court rulings in future cases the Attorney-General , under s.36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 , referred the decision to the Court of Appeal and ultimately to the House of Lords . |
| 13 | Three are commonly identified i.e. national , local and school , and in an attempt to clarify them the following paragraphs examine each in turn . |
| 14 | The British Crime Surveys ( BCS ) were set up at least partly because of official scepticism over police statistics , and in an attempt to counteract the portrayal in parts of the media of crime rates soaring out of control . |
| 15 | And in an attempt to make the most of very limited quotas , even licensed vessels have been dumping back into the sea all but first-class specimens — an outrageous practice that fisheries minister Helmut Angula says Namibia ‘ will not tolerate . ’ |
| 16 | In compensation for the subsidy cuts , which had been negotiated in consultation with trades unions , and in an attempt to minimize their effect before the elections , it was announced that minimum pay would rise by 16 per cent to 12,920 lei per month ( US$1.00=391.55 lei as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) . |
| 17 | His eyes were still on her , and in an attempt to restore the illusion of chumminess they had built up during dinner she went on , ‘ I wonder what the actor playing Ophelia will make of it ? |
| 18 | The hydrocarbon prospects of the Variscan thrust belt in southern England can be examined from two angles : by analogy with results in the better explored lateral equivalents of the belt on the Continent and more particularly in eastern North America , and by an attempt to reconstruct the geometry and burial history of the pre-Permian rocks in the area of interest from the limited local clues available . |