Example sentences of "attempt by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What this is Mr Mayor an attempt by the Conservatives to create ghettos , to create ghettos for the unemployed and the low paid and the forthcoming victims of your leader 's welfare schemes I think is the likely likelihood of this . |
| 2 | The attempt by the Americans to retain control over both military and industrial use of atomic energy , doomed to failure as it was , runs like a thread through this fascinating memoir . |
| 3 | An attempt by the authorities to raid the casinos in July 1989 had ended with state police and Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) agents being driven off the reservation by a group of heavily-armed pro-casino Mohawks known as the Warriors Society . |
| 4 | Monetary policy is the deliberate attempt by the authorities ( a ) to control the supply of money , or ( b ) to control interest rates , or ( c ) to ration the amount of credit granted by banks . |
| 5 | It was pro it was an attempt by an early attempt by the officers of the Greater York technical group to try and make progress . |
| 6 | In February 1988 the Fiji government had sent a contingent of troops to Rotuma after an attempt by the islanders to secede [ see also p. 36700 ] . |
| 7 | It is a penalty if it was not a genuine attempt by the parties to pre-estimate the likely damages but was intended to hang in terror over one party to ensure that he carried out the contract . |
| 8 | It was the attempt by the men to boycott these employers , energetically undertaken , that had eventually led to the collapse , through debt , of the Northern District Board ( the predecessor of the STA ) in 1847. " - In later years several of the STA 's " forward movements " , that is claims for higher pay or shorter hours , began in Edinburgh . |
| 9 | IBOA has totally rejected this arrogant attempt by the Banks to undermine the settlement proposals and members in all Banks should clearly give a message to their Management , that this development is totally unacceptable . |
| 10 | The attempt by the schools to use opt-out law to prevent closure has led to a row between Strathclyde and the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang . |
| 11 | Why they came into existence , whether those about which one has information represent the now-visible signs of a systematic attempt by the Ottomans to provide in the provinces muftis of a high standard , appointed by the central government , or whether , on the other hand , they came into existence in a more haphazard way , more by individual than by systematic " governmental " initiative , is difficult to say . |
| 12 | The government 's precipitate withdrawal led to an alcohol-inspired and wholly unsuccessful attempt by the Police Commissioner and Controller of the Bougainville State of Emergency , Paul Tohian , to mobilize the police and Army against the government [ see p. 37320 ] . |
| 13 | In October 1936 the " battle of Cable Street " broke out to prevent an attempt by the Fascists to march through Stepney . |
| 14 | The lists of attainments in Profiles of Development are not only a means to record learning , they are also an intervention in teaching — an attempt by the authors to define in more detail the National Curriculum as it applies to ‘ individuals for whom there is concern over progress ’ . |
| 15 | It used to be said that it was the attempt by the Seljuks to prevent Christians from reaching Jerusalem which led to the First Crusade . |
| 16 | Immigration has so far played a relatively minor part in the election campaign , and Mr Baker 's decision to raise it now will be seen as a further attempt by the Tories to prevent their support slipping , particularly among skilled workers and their families . |
| 17 | The motive for Nepomuk 's canonisation appears to have been an attempt by the Jesuits to set up an alternative national hero to the heretical Hus . |