Example sentences of "[is] to try and [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm
2 The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them .
3 I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them .
4 So , the object of that part of the project is to try and address that issue , to try and make sure that N V Ss build up their links with environmental groups .
5 The object of the game is to try and become this Priest of Paris , who begins the game choosing any number and saying , for example : ‘ The Priest of Paris has lost his ( her ) thinking cap .
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