Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [art] [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 We are lucky to have secured a reliable supply of crosswords and will try to include a crossword in every other Journal — starting with this one : turn to page 17
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 He said they should not try to camouflage the block vote — ‘ we should not try to paint a smile on the face of the monster ’ .
18 Do n't try to paint a picture of your client being the perfect citizen if he 's not the perfect citizen .
19 Why try to rekindle the past ?
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Instead she would try to arrange a formula for a smooth withdrawal of US forces without serious economic disruption .
25 He would try to arrange a site meeting with the police to see what could be done to improve safety not only for other motorists but for pedestrians .
26 Latics ' cash-strapped manager Joe Royle admitted he may still try to arrange a loan deal for the Anfield veteran , but it seems any transfer fee is beyond the range of the Lancashire club 's purse .
27 You can also try to arrange an exchange in any of the following ways :
28 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 .
29 Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont ?
30 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 .
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