Example sentences of "it [be] try [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Goverenemnt wants all ferries to be updated by 1993 and it 's trying to persuade the rest of the world to agree , but the families say its taking too long . |
| 2 | And it 's trying to pull the planets in , Lee , but other stars are pulling them and stopping them falling into the sun . |
| 3 | Mm you see I I it 's it 's trying to find the balance is n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ It is trying to shift the burden from land- based quarries to coastal super-quarries , off- shore dredging and the reuse of waste materials , but by meeting forecast demand , even land-based quarries will have to produce 35% more aggregates by early next century ’ ( 2 ) , said Dr Caldwell . |
| 5 | In its small , brief and brutally simplistic way , it is trying to use the language of advertising to discuss fundamental issues about human life and the structure of world politics . |
| 6 | It is trying to understand the details and hopefully finding the key to economic success for muon catalysed fusion that has occupied Steve Jones , and several others , for the last ten years . |
| 7 | He must mean it is trying to hide the hole in its head . |
| 8 | It is trying to hide the fact that it 's policies have bought pain , misery , the pain , misery and hardship of unemployment to thousands of people in the district and millions throughout the country . |
| 9 | It would n't go in a straight line and kept squeaking , as if it was trying to draw the attention of the customs officers to the person pushing : ‘ Hey , take a look at this chap 's bags . ’ |
| 10 | Erm , as you know , erm , we did have erm , Equal Opportunities erm , conference , erm , in erm , what came out of it was the fact that , although you could provide training , it was trying to get the confidence er , into the women to have the the nerve to apply for jobs . |
| 11 | It was too far away to make photography worthwhile , but through binoculars we could see that it was trying to cover the remains of its meal by pawing snow over it , and that a group of glaucous and ivory gulls were standing around , no doubt waiting in the hope of leftovers . |