Example sentences of "have been to try " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our policy has been to try to build up a great team and not to weaken our playing strength , and it was for this reason that we accepted the offer made . |
| 2 | In the UK , and in the USA , the first step has been to try to set up an assessment procedure ( Simpson , 1981 ) ; then to consider how training might best be implemented . |
| 3 | The purpose of our work has been to try to look at all aspects of sign language which might help those who make choices . |
| 4 | The response to parental discontent and pupil underachievement has been to try to design curriculum guidelines . |
| 5 | Essentially the approach has been to try and identify the factors or characteristics that are associated with cases or situations of abuse , to assume that these are qualitatively different from the rest of the population and finally to hypothesize that these factors or characteristics in some way relate to the basic cause(s) of the problem . |
| 6 | The official reaction to these changes ( more fully discussed in Chapter 9 ) has been to try and persuade farmers to adopt a more conservationist attitude , notably on unproductive land ( Leonard and Cobham , 1977 ) . |
| 7 | One red herring that has been produced by increased language awareness among teachers has been to try to rewrite academic texts so that pupils can cope with them . |
| 8 | In its most recent statements the government 's main concern has been to try to ensure that council house rents reflect more closely the values of the houses . |
| 9 | Well what most airlines have done has been to try and trim back their scale of operations , but what Virgin are doing is using Richard Branson 's personal money to try and expand out of trouble . |
| 10 | One objective of the more recent theories has been to try and reconcile this apparent conflict in the different sets of statistical results . |
| 11 | Honestly , girl , if you only knew where I 'd been to try and find you ! ’ |
| 12 | But one can not deny that a more scientific decision would have been to try to make the return of the offending plates obligatory , so that only the accurate , authentic figures were permitted circulation . |
| 13 | His one catastrophic mistake had been to try to settle the mystery for ever by making Harry disappear . |
| 14 | The Sergeant walked past inspecting the kit , finding fault everywhere ; my mistake had been to try and conceal an unwashed pair of pants in my bag . |
| 15 | Prior to this riot , the Johnson administration 's strategy had been to try and eradicate the possibility of further disorder by tackling the chronic social problems highlighted by the riots . |