Example sentences of "[noun] have been trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI has been trying to develop substitutes for halons 1211 and 1301 , but as yet none of the agents under trial match their performance . |
| 2 | The Wissenschaftsrat has been trying to sort this one out , but the political factors seem to have prevented progress . |
| 3 | Both sides have agreed in principle to a referendum on the future of the territory , and the United Nations has been trying to achieve agreement on its details but , despite concessions by Polisario , little progress has been made . |
| 4 | The divisions are certainly latent , but the very manner in which , especially since President Muawad 's assassination , Syria has been trying to enforce the peace plan — with such haste , threats and bluster — tends to blunt rather than sharpen them . |
| 5 | Bella had been trying to push the walking-frame along and carry the tea at the same time . |
| 6 | Whoever was driving the car had been trying to kill her , it was as simple as that . |
| 7 | Although a number of influential parties had been trying to have New Year 's flay changed from the old style 13th of the month to 1st , the majority of the natives were loath to change and both days were partially observed . |
| 8 | With a shortage of money , Mr Eyton-Jones 's department had been trying to ensure there was no serious disruption to buildings , closure or breaches of the law . |
| 9 | They also took private papers relating to the large South Ronaldsay family Mr and Mrs T had been trying to help , and a library book written by a social worker on sexual abuse . |
| 10 | Pepita had been trying to remember the events that led up to being bitten by the black widow spider . |
| 11 | Forestry companies no longer granted tax concessions have been trying to offload their holdings . |
| 12 | A committee of three ministers — Roger Freeman ( transport ) , Francis Maude ( Treasury ) and John Redwood ( trade and industry ) — has been working on the railway sell-off ; and the group drafting the Tory election manifesto has been trying to distil the trio 's ideas into an appetising few paragraphs . |
| 13 | IBM has been trying to negotiate a deal with the Open Software Foundation to buy outright re-distribution rights to an OSF/1 single server running under Mach 3.0 on PS/2s . |
| 14 | On April 1 this year the college became independent of local education authority control , and since then the college 's management has been trying to introduce new employment contracts , as recommended by the College Employers ' Forum . |
| 15 | The money from US West will help its balance sheet , which Mr Levin has been trying to clean up . |
| 16 | Since taking over from Left-winger David Hunt , former Thatcherite Mr Redwood has been trying to reassure the Welsh that there will be no dramatic change in Welsh Office policy . |
| 17 | The council has been trying to sell the half-timbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 18 | The council has been trying to sell the halftimbered historic mansion in Royden Park for more than two years and has put a £1m price tag on it . |
| 19 | He says the county council has been trying to find out for 6 years about the planning of the east-west route because we were very worried about the effect it would have on Oxford and the countryside around Oxford . |
| 20 | Since she was rejected last year , the council has been trying to find an alternative service for the island . |
| 21 | The hunting lobby has been trying to improve its public image with a campaign to put the case for its controversial sport . |
| 22 | As the storm raged about them , the bier unaccountably broke and the corpse tumbled into a meadow the bailiff had been trying to extort . |
| 23 | Was that what Carol had been trying to tell him ? |
| 24 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 25 | Staff at the police photographic department , Ministry of Defence laboratories and IBM have been trying to improve the original blurred images of the youths . |
| 26 | Harp Lager have been trying to attract English horses and although this is never easy I 'm sure that if the right money was available , then the barriers would come down . |
| 27 | What the insurance companies have been trying to do is make things fairer for the policy holders , by charging householders extra premiums where the risk of subsidence is higher . |
| 28 | Which one , yeah that 's the one that erm Kim 's been trying to get Lorraine the Bennetton one . |
| 29 | Karen 's been trying to do that . |
| 30 | Other enthusiasts have been trying to persuade us to do aerobics , skip , row and a dozen other things to keep fit . |