Example sentences of "are try [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Given the tremendous wealth in the far eastern regions of the former USSR , should we not consider them part of Europe if we are to try to expand the European Community for the benefit of all mankind ?
2 Following the events of the weekend events police are trying to stop the other raves taking place .
3 The two companies concerned are trying to record the spoken word .
4 For the first time we are trying to preserve the historical integrity of the carvings . ’
5 The pastors are trying to defend the Hungarian identity , ’ says Mr Keszthelyi .
6 In our particular ministry in St Louis Missouri we are trying to use the vast technology that 's available to us in linking up with other organizations such as Catholic charities , Salvation Army and others , so that when persons are in need of help they can go to one organization and tell their story and they do n't have to keep going from place to place telling their story over and over and we 're beginning to look toward the use of computers and what they are capable of doing in order to help resources stretch .
7 There was a man being interviewed on tele the other night he said that these people are trying to destroy the English language by their
8 Those are all matters that we are trying to persuade the different leaders in Yugoslavia to discuss .
9 The Vietnamese people are trying to re-use the barren land and replant the affected areas .
10 Crucially you are trying to understand the whole sense of the quotation or question , so do not forget the overall effect of individual words .
11 As we are trying to keep the whole publication as simple as possible this means that we 'll use Times again but if your page printer is n't a PostScript device you may have to create the title in a graphics package and import it .
12 Scientists are trying to calculate the long-term impact of the catastrophic drought of 1987 .
13 we are trying to identify the appropriate person in their organisation to whom we should write concerning a business opportunity which may be of interest to them .
14 The time is the late seventies , Pierce Turner and fellow Wexfordian Larry Kirwan are trying to make the big time in New York .
15 language this is what we are trying to learn the English language , language
16 Swiss-owned stockbrokers Phillips & Drew are trying to soothe the Swiss bond managers , but the betting must be that this group of investors will be far more successful than Heron 's bankers in demanding sweeteners for accepting late payment .
17 A source close to the Egyptian foreign ministry said : ‘ We are trying to circumvent the ideological issue .
18 A source close to the Egyptian foreign ministry said : ‘ We are trying to circumvent the ideological issue .
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