Example sentences of "try [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Smith tried to kill off such speculation by emphasising that in a general election last week 's results would have given Labour a majority of 87 . |
| 2 | On the other hand the British government was disturbed to find , early in 1955 , that the credibility of the nuclear deterrent in Europe might be weakened as the Americans tried to spell out differing roles for tactical and strategic nuclear weapons in the defence of the West . |
| 3 | For a few minutes longer Isabel tried to sort out hard facts from vague suspicions , with little success . |
| 4 | While baptism marked one rite de passage , death and burial marked another , and again the Church tried to set out appropriate actions . |
| 5 | But she did n't want that either and tried to smooth over any awkwardness by saying : |
| 6 | The Jamesons themselves were obviously a little bit sheepish about this because Ellen ( the wife ) tried to ward off possible criticism . |
| 7 | And one of the reasons why the black women in Liverpool put this exhibition together erm and they tried to pick out different kinds of jobs that women had to show that black women could do those jobs , and they were saying look , there 's lots of stereotypes erm about the kinds of jobs that black and Asian women can do that fit in with their personalities , and you know the world is wide open and you are able to do this and you do n't have to be erm a singer or a model or erm or erm erm a runner , you know , the whole stereotypes in terms of what black people are good at and they 're saying let's break away from this , let's show the kinds of things that we can do and we can do anything that we set our minds to and erm the exhibition is very positive , actually . |
| 8 | I am prepared to be convinced that that is not the case and that the Government mean well and intend to try to open up educational opportunity to everyone , no matter their class background . |
| 9 | Ernest tried to calm down both women . |
| 10 | To try to wrap up that question in the way in which the hon. Gentleman has suggested , or to lose sight of either of those objectives , would be extremely unwise . |
| 11 | SOAP opera Emmerdale Farm has been told to tone down its adverts after using a steamy picture to try to win over younger viewers . |
| 12 | This sort of thing was common between the wars , when one East European country after another tried to keep out foreign goods and capital . |
| 13 | For friendship 's sake , Maud tried to keep off political subjects and urged him to stick to his poems and visions . |
| 14 | To try to build up primary care while running down Barts and other hospitals is like shooting your dog in order to get a cat . |
| 15 | Augereau ( January–May 1810 ) , advised by sincere afrancesados , tried to clear out these time-servers and appeal to enlightened Catalan opinion in order to convince local patriots of the positive advantages of French rule and a modern system of government . |
| 16 | Will the Attorney-General please assure the House that such action will also be taken against people who do not normally reside here , such as Louis Farrakhan — if by mistake he or anyone like him is allowed in — if they come to this country to try to stir up racial hatred in this decent land ? |
| 17 | McKeever and Huling ( 1970a ) tried to get over this problem by presenting a digit at fixation point at the same time as a stimulus appeared in one or other visual field . |
| 18 | Kate had come across them all her working life , from the solicitors who tried to get off known offenders to the social workers who stood up in courts of law and gave character references for people who should have been locked up once and for all . |
| 19 | In truth , he merely tried to break down social barriers and taboos that surrounded sex in order to remove what he saw as a cause for psychological problems of the time . |
| 20 | By the time the Government tried to close up this loophole , by restricting steel allocations for electric fire manufacture , it was too late . |
| 21 | She tried to bolt out several times and she finally made it . |
| 22 | It is in nobody 's interest for consumers to supply false information when seeking credit , or to try to take on more credit than they can manage . ’ |
| 23 | The only alternative , says Professor Durnin , is to try to burn up more energy by being physically active . |
| 24 | For a brief moment she tried to summon up some form of resistance , as if by an effort of will she could deny her immediate instinctive reaction to his dark enchantment . |
| 25 | Three newspaper man with nothing else to report , since the Transvaal crisis was deemed beyond their capability , were despatched to Broadstairs to try to rootle out any facts that might justify a further paragraph . |
| 26 | The 1978–9 Labour government tried to phase out these beds , but under the 1980 Health Service Act they were extended . |
| 27 | The future of newly-formed UK firm , Goldmine Technologies Ltd , Berkhamstead , Hertfordshire , was hanging in the balance last week , as its Swiss parent , Goldmine Technologies AG , Zug , Switzerland , tried to stump up new sources of venture funding for the group ( UX No 382 ) . |
| 28 | Folk Media and Development Communication : Myths and Realities records and interprets , in a narrative form , how groups of people in three countries tried to bring about social change through traditional or ‘ people 's ’ communication . |
| 29 | If DOS finds a match in its COMMAND.COM file , it knows that you want to run one of its internal commands and it will try to carry out that command . |
| 30 | In foreign policy , while seldom innovative , he did try to carve out new relationships with Britain 's new European partners , especially through his close personal association with Helmut Schmidt , the West German chancellor and a fellow social democrat , as well as maintaining his contacts with the new US Democratic administration of Jimmy Carter . |