Example sentences of "[unc] attempt [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The three related complaints concerned a National Executive Committee 's attempt to renege upon a ten year old conference agreement without a vote at conference . |
2 | Some sections of the local press , however , stated that a " sudden " reshuffle of this size was Zamora 's attempt to deal with a real crisis and the corruption which allegedly existed within ministerial bodies . |
3 | The strategies of splitting are essential for the infant 's attempt to deal with the genuine contradictions it encounters in struggling to form some image of itself and the part-objects it confronts . |
4 | However , its broader significance was in marking a major step in Jordan 's attempt to return to the Arab mainstream in the aftermath of the Gulf war . |
5 | HP figures it has done the same against Sun Microsystems Inc at the low end , claiming Sun 's attempt to break into the commercial market is based only on price . |
6 | A speechwriter 's attempt to compensate for the public relations lapse in not going to the Berlin Wall , Mr Bush 's prime time statement went out on all television channels on Thanksgiving Eve . |