Example sentences of "try [verb] an [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were to try to give an answer to the question at the head of this section , they would probably try to give a general account of factors which encourage or discourage chickens from crossing roads . |
| 2 | Last June David Ennals tried to introduce an amendment to the Mental Health Act which would have allowed nurses to withdraw from ECT . |
| 3 | They granted the second subsidy only on condition that the king himself went abroad to try to bring an end to the war . |
| 4 | Badenoch had been targeted by officers as the main supplier and an enquiry named Operation Moray had begun to try to bring an end to the dealing in ecstasy , Mr Macdonald went on . |
| 5 | We might try to approach an answer to this question by first looking at some specific features that characterise the identifying references to different kinds of topics of discourse . |
| 6 | Urwin , for example , tries to develop an alternative to individual-centred , gender-indifferent psychology of language development . |
| 7 | Naturally there were many differences of opinion among the European governments , but basically all were trying to find an answer to the same problems . |
| 8 | The Reagan administration is trying to establish an alternative to the convention , in the form of a ‘ mini-treaty ’ including only the mining nations who recognise and protect each others ' claims . |
| 9 | The one we'v we 're trying to put an age to . |
| 10 | It was the veteran Michael Balcon who blocked Sydney Box 's takeover of British Lion in late 1963 , and had the unenviable task of trying to put an end to faction within the board . |
| 11 | He would have liked to add , In America , they are trying to put an end to all this nonsense , to all these gifts . |
| 12 | His departure would complicate matters for the UN 's special envoy in Afghanistan , Mr Benon Sevan , who is trying to bring an end to the 14-year civil war . |
| 13 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |