Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] trying for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 2 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 3 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 4 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 5 | My head was n't really in the right state for assimilating all this stuff , but as far as I could gather , Uncle Rory had been trying for years to come up with something Creative ( his capital , his italics ) . |
| 6 | Sylvia had been trying for years to overcome her claustrophobia , but with little or no success . |
| 7 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 8 | The ancient Egyptians had been trying for centuries to prevent the export of their sacred felines . |
| 9 | The US has been trying for a decade to clinch the deal , not least because it would give its nuclear forces control of what is seen as the strategically vital Pacific zone and a new set of options if its Philippine naval and air bases are threatened . |
| 10 | Mr and Mrs Allen had been trying for a child for 19 years and were overjoyed when Laura was born . |
| 11 | Scientists have been trying for years to realize the potential of hydrogen , but they have been thwarted by the problem of storing the gas , which is highly explosive and needs to be kept in high-pressure containers . |
| 12 | Dr Simon Newell , in charge of the neonatal unit , said the couple had been trying for a baby for seven years and Mrs Vince had been undergoing fertility treatment for five years . |
| 13 | SIR — The fact that Steve Redfern has been trying for six years to resume playing rugby union after playing rugby league ( Daily Telegraph , April 2 ) shows that union is a more enjoyable game . |
| 14 | Andrew 's family has been trying for three years to get treatment for him . |