Example sentences of "try [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 They are in the mainstream of evolution , and we shall be swept along in the current , but we can at least try to spare the floods .
2 They did try to kill the piglet , but as they were quite frightened and obviously not from the right background , they were not very practical about it .
3 WHEN military dictators fall , the democrats who follow them must try to restore the rule of law , as well as rule by the majority .
4 These compromises , resulting in records which were considered musically acceptable in those days , mean ethical decisions when we come to play them back today ; should we even try to restore the original ‘ fidelity ’ ?
5 That day , she said how much she hoped George would try to enjoy the excitement of the office .
6 I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC .
7 But — in Montini 's case there was always a but — he still felt he should try to enable the minority to vote placet on collegiality .
8 ‘ Do n't try to continue the ice-maiden act with me .
9 While the banks may then try to sue the council or even individual officers the risk is very widely spread and no financial institution will be put in danger .
10 One must try to see the good in her — but I must say , it 's a hard job ! ’
11 When something does n't go as we had hoped we must try to see the good that comes out of it in the end .
12 It was ‘ more than likely ’ that the Khmers Rouges would try to disrupt the voting that begins on May 23rd , perhaps by mining the approaches to polling stations , or even by shelling the stations .
13 Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks .
14 It 's still worth looking for English labels on the vegetables and fruit — do try to support the good old English varieties .
15 The historian must therefore try to estimate the population of these two shires , the proportion of the population under fourteen and , hardest of all , the extent to which the tax was successfully evaded .
16 It is unclear whether FRISC Inc sold anything or even attempted to , or whether Micron will try to peddle the technology to someone else .
17 And because of its anxiety , the stallion will try to mount the mare too soon , or from too far away , and may try and attack her or the handler when things go wrong .
18 The drafter should therefore try to draft the terms as a whole , and individual terms , so that they are clear and comprehensible .
19 A painful mouth will never be a responsive one and it is hardly surprising that the horse will try to evade the bit .
20 Banks may also try to evade the controls , and disintermediation is likely to occur towards those institutions that are not controlled .
21 We must try to acquire the habit of complimenting and encouraging others .
22 Why try to rekindle the past ?
23 This is not to argue that professionals should try to replicate the process of supporting self-advocacy , but it is to suggest that the aims , mode of operation and the nature of the professional/client working relationship should , at the very least , not be in conflict with the emergence of self-advocacy .
24 Occasionally the Dwarfs will try to drive the Goblins out , or the Goblins will find some tunnel which leads them into the Dwarf tunnels , and the two races battle it out beneath the mountains .
25 It has had considerable benefits , it 's had one or two drawbacks and er I think the biggest lesson that we have probably learned so far from the Eurofighter programme , is that we have to be very careful when we make work sharing agreements in future , that er we do n't try to drive the work sharing requirement down to too low a level .
26 A typical procedure is that each party appoints a valuer ; the two party-appointed valuers should meet and try to agree the valuation , and , if they are unable to agree , the matter is referred to an umpire appointed by the valuers .
27 The Public Windows Initiative — with the Common Open Software Environment at its side — will try to claim the moral high ground on the issue of open specifications and is likely to cloak Microsoft in what used to be IBM Corp 's mantle .
28 Witnesses to this crime , the time-travellers , already having seen DN6 's effects on the garden 's insect population , must try to alert the Police .
29 Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont ?
30 Sleeping in the darkness until some creature , some reckless , heedless Human should try to penetrate the ancient secrets of their Master … ?
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