Example sentences of "tries [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bem ( 1979b , 1983 ) tries to impart social validity to the cognitive approach ; but she still relies on a cognitive concept , that of the schema , to explain how gender relations become an integral part of subjectivity . |
| 2 | The federal government tries to get involved , it tries to see some consistency but it ca n't actually impose that , the states still retain er the right to do things their way and they do . |
| 3 | This message from his old comrade who faced the whizzbangs in the frontline trench obviously moves the birthday boy , though you sense he tries to hide any emotion . |
| 4 | US tries to revive Middle East talks |
| 5 | Trippier tries to pacify conservation body over split . |
| 6 | Like her , he tries to set local government within ‘ the context of the encompassing political economy ’ , but he also argues that Cockburn 's approach , by presenting local government as an instrument of capital makes it ‘ unproblematic and so renders any detailed study of it almost superfluous ’ ( Dearlove , 1979 , p. 217 ) . |
| 7 | Emmerdale ( ITV , 7pm ) TURNER tries to regain some street cred but his feeble attempts just are n't worth it . |
| 8 | But DJ Gary Davies is out of synch and tries to evoke that period of naff-Seventiesness by calling the crowd ‘ gang ’ and dropping a ‘ mate ’ into every sentence during an early link-up with Simon Bates in London . |
| 9 | Science takes the knowledge of what happened and tries to systematize that knowledge . |
| 10 | Figures 7.2 and 7.3 are examples from a prospectus printed on A3 good quality sheet card which tries to combine visual appeal , meet legal requirements and at less than 20p per copy has relatively low cost . |
| 11 | Having found that Vendale 's identity is not what it is believed to be , he tries to use this discovery , but is thwarted by Bintrey . |
| 12 | A new culture is also developing in the controlled zones which tries to incorporate traditional campesina culture into the themes of the liberation struggle , popular theatre and music groups reinterpret the theatre-dance , the sones and boleros still found in the rural areas of El Salvador , These date back to the Spanish colonial period but much has been lost because of the impact of commercialized Western culture . |
| 13 | When one of Armel 's string of mistresses is riding in the car with him , she notices the effect of the flaw in the glass and tries to appropriate this phenomenon of double retro-vision for herself : |
| 14 | If one tries to deduce human behavior from the laws of science , one gets caught in the logical paradox of self-referencing systems . |
| 15 | Many patients find it difficult to concentrate in a noisy room , and are easily distracted , so the physiotherapist tries to reduce unnecessary noise . |
| 16 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 17 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 18 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 19 | A floundering ‘ Hit The North ’ has bassist Hanley grimacing as the subtleties are pummelled out of it , while ‘ White Lightning ’ has the veins in his neck bulging as he desperately tries to inject some energy tries to inject some energy into proceedings . |
| 20 | The pragmatist who makes this argument tries to build political responsibility out of ordinary , nonpolitical principles of morality . |
| 21 | Certainly anyone who tries to analyse English stress placement has to recognise that it is a highly complex matter . |
| 22 | ‘ One passage tries to transform multi-cultural education into a form of Orwellian thought control by telling teachers that children must be taught to acknowledge the positive aspects of homosexual and lesbian households , ’ she says . |
| 23 | Tarzie Vittachi tries to shed some light . |
| 24 | First it tries to reconcile central funding and government accountability for national standards of service with the need for local autonomy to meet local need . |
| 25 | People buy goods and then find , for one reason or another the goods are faulty , or they 're unsatisfactory in some way and the customer then tries to get some kind of compensation . |
| 26 | It tries to influence new legislation and , where problems are arising , to modify Revenue practice . |
| 27 | Her work is different and always tries to break new ground . |
| 28 | However , it embraces a whole spectrum — from a deeply responsible press that is extremely careful in what it publishes and which tries to balance one thing with another , to an element that many people regard , perhaps rightly , as frequently scurrilous or simply aimed at making a profit . |
| 29 | Surgeon tries to stop mass killer |
| 30 | ’ She tries to show daughterly affection to her surly father but is bullied and repulsed by him . |