Example sentences of "try [to-vb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Richard , Olivier 's son by his third and last wife , Joan Plowright , has decided to talk about his unusual relationship with his father and his own involvement with the Men 's Movement , which uses dance , drumming and storytelling to try to compensate for absent fathers . |
| 2 | As you will see from this description of the account executive role in your account group , the agency has to try to allow for different levels of contact with your own organization . |
| 3 | Perhaps this is a reflection of the increasing health of the young and affluent , who are prepared to try to dance for 24 hours ; be that as it may , it multiplies the offence to outsiders . |
| 4 | Did they try to go for passing shots as they stood two feet behind the baseline ? |
| 5 | ‘ We try to compensate for missed experiences and help them behave in age-appropriate ways . |
| 6 | In the refectories they try to cater for all tastes with vegan and vegetarian dishes daily , Halal meat for students in hall . |
| 7 | In the light of the foregoing , psychiatry itself is increasingly being forced to admit that the firm categories of psychosis with which it has tried to work for many years are of limited value . |
| 8 | The group also tries to cater for local artists who work fulltime and are unable to go to all classes . |
| 9 | The group also tries to cater for local artists who work fulltime and are unable to go to all classes . |
| 10 | In trying to account for overall trends it is helpful to start with the sequences of factors which control the immediate risks of fertility for the individual and without which births can not occur : natural fecundity ( the physiological capacity to conceive and bear children ) , exposure to intercourse within and outside marriage , and evasion of the consequences of intercourse through contraception and abortion . |
| 11 | Director Alvin Rakoff had problems with Crawford when it came to a crucial , very dramatic scene that he shared with Donald Pleasence , who was playing the police officer who could see a way to nailing the crook whom he had been trying to get for twenty years through his son . |