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 .
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