Example sentences of "an [noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies . |
| 2 | So today 's typical organization in which knowledge tends to be concentrated in service staffs , perched rather insecurely between top management and the operating people , will likely be labeled a phase , an attempt to infuse knowledge from the top rather than obtain information from below . |
| 3 | With bows or crossbows you can shoot up the enemy before your core units get to grips with them , or you can attempt to draw enemy missile troops into an exchange to divert fire from the core units as they advance . |
| 4 | A vote-maximizing political party therefore has an incentive to propose redistribution from the richer segment to the poorer majority . |
| 5 | In the Lords , Lord Joseph proposed an amendment to remove compulsion from the National Curriculum provisions — arguing that a mandatory National Curriculum was not working satisfactorily in France . |
| 6 | The only possible explanation is that the new Bill is needed as a diversion , an event to divert attention from the real needs of the prison system , needs which the Government do not and will not face . |
| 7 | This is an adaptation to survive predation from the many animals that hunt them — not least man for the cooking pot ! |