Example sentences of "attempts [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 Court of Appeal distinguished Phillips and held that s2(1) was concerned with attempts to restrict or exclude liability to the victim of the negligence . |
| 4 | We deplore present day attempts to belittle or destroy it , and in particular we object to the propaganda of disbelief , doubt and dirt that the BBC projects into millions of homes through the television screen . |
| 5 | With observation that the primary sufferer has not been helped by the previous well-meaning actions of the family member while at the same time the life of the family member has definitely been harmed by various attempts to help or control the disease of the primary sufferer . |
| 6 | This is not a matter of accident , or simple confusion , or even of deliberate attempts to use or misuse the word for particular political purposes — although all of these factors may , and in fact do , come into it . |
| 7 | Whether this is generally true or not is not strictly relevant to attempts to heighten or maintain interest in a case . |
| 8 | In ethics , there have been attempts to incorporate or develop a women 's point of view , perceived as missing from mainstream theory . |
| 9 | So far I have stressed the flexibility and instability of the term , and the foolishness , even presumption , of attempts to fix or freeze the meanings of words of such importance . |
| 10 | One after another , down to the end of 1988 at least , attempts to reform or redefine the old consensus on ‘ one-nation ’ lines proved ineffective . |
| 11 | European attempts to reduce or cancel the debts met with American refusal — " They hired the money , did n't they ? " said President Coolidge . |
| 12 | After unsuccessful attempts to merge or collaborate with Renault and certain other European manufacturers in 1978–9 , Leyland announced proposals to collaborate with Honda in 1979 . |
| 13 | Some of these reservations about juries were shared by other officials , but the local bar would have objected strenuously to attempts to abolish or restrict the jury system . |
| 14 | He claims that agape , as understood in the Christian context , accepts the unacceptable and attempts to change or transform both man and society thereby exemplifying the principle of participation . |
| 15 | Sir Claus pointed out that allegations of political interference in statistics are not new , and revealed that he twice threatened to resign over attempts to change or suppress reports under Labour governments . |
| 16 | Fleischmann has been particularly worried about possible strategic implications of their research , believing that much of the negative reactions to it are prejudiced by this and that national security interests have orchestrated attempts to suppress or trash their work . |