Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have tried [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By setting up only two political parties for next month 's election , Mr Babangida has tried to stop Nigerians voting along ethnic lines . |
| 2 | Starting with a meeting he arranged at Val Duchesse in 1985 , Mr Delors has tried to encourage discussion between management and union leaders . |
| 3 | Refusing leave to appeal to the House of Lords , Lord Justice Bingham said the sums claimed by Lloyd 's represented money out of which Mr Cameron-Webb had tried to cheat syndicates for which he acted . |
| 4 | It had all happened because Ace Barton had tried to play God in her life , and she 'd let him get away with it . |
| 5 | It was , accordingly , never certain why Paul Arkwright had tried to commit suicide ; it must , everyone said , have been because he was going mad . |