Example sentences of "and attempt [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The otter has no alternative but to retreat in agony and attempt to prize the claws free . |
| 2 | That was undoubtedly a legacy of her childhood , she thought resignedly — a throw-back to the days when she and her mother had been forced to hold their heads high and attempt to ignore the pointing fingers . |
| 3 | Will he visit her to tender his resignation — or will he decide to tough it out and attempt to form a minority administration ? |
| 4 | This study will examine various organisational forms of international collaboration in defence and civilian research and development ( R&D ) and attempt to formulate a set of variables with which they can be evaluated and collaboration as a form of organisation assessed . |
| 5 | It is important to examine the uneven nature of these pressures and attempt to predict the prospects for different localities in the context of an evaluation of the potential effectiveness of alternative means of regulating change . |
| 6 | The best way is to decorate it with the materials found in nature , and attempt to soften the overall box shape . |
| 7 | In a parliamentary party democracy a large part of the electoral contest is the campaign : the candidates confront each other and attempt to persuade the individual members of the electorate to cast votes in their favour . |
| 8 | Turn to your right side and attempt to touch the floor with your elbow , and then turn and try your left . |
| 9 | The feeling that incomers might be a problem necessitates ways in which one can prove this and attempt to ameliorate the situation . |
| 10 | Using the CRE dodecamer as an example we will now look at the energetics and structural aspects of B I -B II transitions and attempt to answer the question of whether any B II junctions can play a significant role in the solution conformation of this oligomer . |
| 11 | To empathise is to set aside our own perception of things and attempt to think the way the other person thinks , or feel the way he feels … a very different quality to sympathy . |
| 12 | IEUAN EVANS will call up a treasured memory and attempt to bury a nightmare when he leads rejuvenated Wales against world champions Australia at Cardiff Arms Park today . |
| 13 | By observation we can probe this world and attempt to discern the laws which regulate it . |
| 14 | Author Judy Corbalis and illustrator Celia Berridge draw , chat , juggle , show their newest books , tell stories and attempt to ad-lib a book together live ! |
| 15 | Author Judy Corbalis and illustrator Celia Berridge draw , chat , juggle , show their newest books , tell stories and attempt to ad-lib a book together live ! |
| 16 | I choose to define this tradition as labourism , and attempt to locate the Labour Party within it . |
| 17 | In 1982 , the People 's Trust for Endangered Species , a conservation group based in the UK , sent Allan Thornton and photographer David Higgs to document the hunt , and attempt to determine the number of dolphins being killed . |
| 18 | The Cloud of Unknowing and Walter Hilton 's The Ladder of Perfection were both manual for novices in their mystical life and attempt to trace a coherent path through the nebulous and tortuous complexities of the inner man . |
| 19 | To reach a fuller understanding of the blood differential — its origin , purpose and effect — it is necessary to dig a little deeper and attempt to trace the underlying reasons by means of a sociological/anthropological analysis — and this is what I have been attempting to do in the course of this essay . |
| 20 | It will become an increasing necessity as institutions move towards the 1990 's and attempt to broaden the base of their student intake ; initial teacher education courses will hopefully have a much wider range of students on their courses . |
| 21 | If ministers behave improperly in failing to inform Parliament , should a civil servant take the initiative and attempt to repair the omission ? |
| 22 | It would stop along the route and attempt to pass the Serb blockade in the morning . |
| 23 | However , even at this early stage , the baby does respond to a source of light and attempt to follow the mother 's face . |
| 24 | If we pause briefly and attempt to list the possible reasons why an individual or a family might have needed parish relief in the late 18th and early 19th centuries — sickness , unemployment , the needs of one-parent families or of orphans or young children , support in times of local or national economic crisis , old age — then we have now found Titfords in every category . |
| 25 | He said staff had to be aware of and attempt to neutralise the promotional tactics used to give the impression that health-care professionals endorse products , for example the provision of free pens , mugs and calendars with company logos . |
| 26 | He/she must opt to write " problem novels " , novels which focus attention on the fluctuating , open-ended development of contemporary post-1914 French society and attempt to probe the secrets of historical development in its unfolding . |
| 27 | If I select MS-DOS Shell and attempt to delete the unwanted directories , I get the message : ‘ You can not delete a non-empty directory … ’ but according to MS-DOS Shell the specified directory states : ‘ No files match file specifier . ’ |
| 28 | In pursuit of this goal , the grammarian will concentrate on a particular body of data and attempt to produce an exhaustive but economical set of rules which will account for all and only the acceptable sentences in his data . |
| 29 | There is an evolving industry where indices are developed which measure deprivation more accurately and attempt to identify the ‘ best ’ one . |
| 30 | When the future seems to be filled with storm clouds , it may appear that the Church has no other recourse but to batten down the hatches and attempt to ride the storm . |