Example sentences of "and attempts [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were fingermarks on her neck and attempts had been made to strangle her . |
| 2 | Straw : Some is already converted as farmyard manure ; and attempts have been made to break it down in other ways to make a compost base . |
| 3 | However , although only a minority affected by it develop microcephaly and other conditions associated with mental handicap , it is common and attempts have been made to develop a vaccine which would prevent potential damage . |
| 4 | It shows that the street has been given to the car and attempts have been made to adjust the child : on finding that the child can not be adjusted parents have removed it from the street . |
| 5 | In fact , cinematographic analysis shows that the legs move in various sequences and attempts have been made to reduce them to variations on a single basic pattern ( Hughes , 1965 ; Wilson , 1966 ; see also Manton , 1972 ) . |
| 6 | In the USSR it is now officially recognized that the party should be organized more democratically , and attempts have been made at the level of primary organizations to involve the rank and file more in decision-making ( Hill , Dunmore and Dawisha 1981 , p. 201 ) . |