Example sentences of "try [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it is appropriate for those working with a child to try to communicate at the right level ; this means introducing language structures with which the child is already familiar and trying to ensure that the content of conversations is appropriate to the child 's ability to understand and to her interests . |
| 2 | The research is aimed at drawing on the history of Soviet economic relations with the LDCs as a basis for monitoring the changes brought about first by ‘ perestroika ’ and then by the disintegration of the USSR ; it will then analyse the effect on the developing countries concerned and evaluate the profit and loss account of their economic relations with the Soviet Union ; it will also look at the relevance of these relations to the Soviet economy and that of the constituent republics ; and finally it will try to look at the future prospects of the relationship between the less developed countries and the individual republics of the former Soviet Union . |
| 3 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 4 | Whichever way I try to come at the Unknown Substance it remains just beyond my grasp . |
| 5 | Should two adjacent needles try to tuck at the same time , there is nothing between these two needles to actually hold the loops on to the individual needles , so the loops become just one loop , which often falls off both needles . |
| 6 | Caspar was trying to get at the dead magpie that Philip was still holding . |
| 7 | Maxim stopped trying to peer at the shadowed faces in front of him and put on a pair of sunglasses . |
| 8 | No longer does he have to hover over the rod trying to strike at the slightest movement . |