Example sentences of "we may try " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this implies that the world is an entity other than God and God has given it freedom and thus the possibility of ‘ going wrong ’ , of producing evil , sin , pain and suffering , whatever explanation we may try to give of how such things have come about — at least they are only too obvious in the world we know . |
| 2 | We may try to explain them by pointing to the place they occupy in the larger narrative . |
| 3 | In Europe and America we may try to keep its goods out with tariffs and quotas , but Hong Kong does not retaliate . |
| 4 | We may try to assist the pregnancy by following a good diet and receiving medical care , but we can not make the baby grow , any more than we can manufacture the growth of a plant . |
| 5 | While we can not discuss these very fully , we may try to sketch some of the main issues raised by each group . |
| 6 | For example , we may try to explain an observed phenomenon well known to social workers , such as why children enter care . |
| 7 | The dream ( on which we may try hard to impose a narrative structure , to make sense of it ) is unlike much fantasy in that it often does n't , of itself , contain any such structure , and the ‘ story ’ , if it tells one , may be deeply unintelligible to us . |
| 8 | We all know that , however much we may try to deter it , death is the only certainty . |
| 9 | If our smile does not receive a response we may try a more straightforward communication — ‘ hello Jill , it 's good to see you again . ’ |
| 10 | We may try , as has been done in the past , to arm prosecutors and judges with better procedures for discovering police mistakes . |
| 11 | Perhaps , too , we may try this beer that your men find so tempting . ’ |
| 12 | We may try to re-introduce them . |