Example sentences of "try [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They are in the mainstream of evolution , and we shall be swept along in the current , but we can at least try to spare the floods .
2 They did try to kill the piglet , but as they were quite frightened and obviously not from the right background , they were not very practical about it .
3 WHEN military dictators fall , the democrats who follow them must try to restore the rule of law , as well as rule by the majority .
4 That day , she said how much she hoped George would try to enjoy the excitement of the office .
5 But — in Montini 's case there was always a but — he still felt he should try to enable the minority to vote placet on collegiality .
6 While the banks may then try to sue the council or even individual officers the risk is very widely spread and no financial institution will be put in danger .
7 One must try to see the good in her — but I must say , it 's a hard job ! ’
8 It was ‘ more than likely ’ that the Khmers Rouges would try to disrupt the voting that begins on May 23rd , perhaps by mining the approaches to polling stations , or even by shelling the stations .
9 Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks .
10 The historian must therefore try to estimate the population of these two shires , the proportion of the population under fourteen and , hardest of all , the extent to which the tax was successfully evaded .
11 It is unclear whether FRISC Inc sold anything or even attempted to , or whether Micron will try to peddle the technology to someone else .
12 And because of its anxiety , the stallion will try to mount the mare too soon , or from too far away , and may try and attack her or the handler when things go wrong .
13 The drafter should therefore try to draft the terms as a whole , and individual terms , so that they are clear and comprehensible .
14 Banks may also try to evade the controls , and disintermediation is likely to occur towards those institutions that are not controlled .
15 A painful mouth will never be a responsive one and it is hardly surprising that the horse will try to evade the bit .
16 We must try to acquire the habit of complimenting and encouraging others .
17 Why try to rekindle the past ?
18 This is not to argue that professionals should try to replicate the process of supporting self-advocacy , but it is to suggest that the aims , mode of operation and the nature of the professional/client working relationship should , at the very least , not be in conflict with the emergence of self-advocacy .
19 It has had considerable benefits , it 's had one or two drawbacks and er I think the biggest lesson that we have probably learned so far from the Eurofighter programme , is that we have to be very careful when we make work sharing agreements in future , that er we do n't try to drive the work sharing requirement down to too low a level .
20 Occasionally the Dwarfs will try to drive the Goblins out , or the Goblins will find some tunnel which leads them into the Dwarf tunnels , and the two races battle it out beneath the mountains .
21 A typical procedure is that each party appoints a valuer ; the two party-appointed valuers should meet and try to agree the valuation , and , if they are unable to agree , the matter is referred to an umpire appointed by the valuers .
22 Witnesses to this crime , the time-travellers , already having seen DN6 's effects on the garden 's insect population , must try to alert the Police .
23 Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont ?
24 Mr Clinton will try to fudge the tax issue , arguing that most of the money will come from a wage-based premium , which will go straight to local health alliances rather than to the Treasury , and that much of the rest will come from ‘ sin taxes ’ — on alcohol and tobacco — which appeal to America 's Puritan conscience .
25 For example , he may strike a match perfectly well but in attempting to light a candle he may try to light the wick with the match unlit or strike the match against the candle .
26 If you find it a little slow working in so many cables , why not try using the pattern in parts of a garment ?
27 The use of the microphone by some students this year undoubtedly helped those students who lacked confidence in their ability to project their voices , and it is suggested that more students should try using the sound system to gain experience for the future .
28 We know only a little about how , in this more secular society , we should try to minimize the damage for people going through the grieving process .
29 She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone .
30 I wonder did Brownlow ever try driving the ball across Lurgan Lake as Daly would do … when the lake was ice-bound , of course !
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