Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These various factors combined to ensure that the local elite ( even if they were capable of considering it ) would not attempt to kill the goose ‘ that laid the golden eggs ’ . |
| 2 | In spite of the midsummer heat , many families choose to cook their Christmas dinner in the conventional way rather than attempt to barbecue the turkey ! |
| 3 | The bureaucrat will attempt to acquire a budget in excess of what is required for the level of output indicated by the equation of marginal cost and political demand . |
| 4 | After struggling with one of Ruth 's imaginative scenes , I was so relieved when Basil let me attempt to paint a spray of wheat and barley stalks that I almost began to enjoy myself when he made some encouraging remark about my very tentative effort ! |
| 5 | He is looking , instead , for a classification system that will above all be simple and that will attempt to include the number of interviews that take place in a bureau , together with some classification of the clients ' main and subsidiary problems as well as the type of advice or information given . |
| 6 | A constable need not be in uniform when he effects the arrest ( and calls for the defendant to desist as a preliminary ) , although if an off-duty policeman does attempt to implement the Act , strict conditions should be observed as to what he must do and say to make it plain that he is a constable . |
| 7 | For instance , planners might attempt to estimate the probability of the following : further significant increases/decreases in the price of crude oil ; increases in the number of terrorist attacks on civilian airliners in those Mediterranean countries which have large tourist trades ; the likelihood of political change in South Africa , and the chances of continuing economic stability in that country . |
| 8 | Brehmer had subjects attempt to estimate the number of road accidents occurring at various junctions and compared these estimates with the actual figures . |
| 9 | A short fence prevented the escape of animals that might attempt to swim the river . |
| 10 | The plaintiff must attempt to minimize the loss arising from the breach , referred to as a ‘ duty to mitigate your loss ’ . |
| 11 | Applicants must not attempt to indicate a preference for any particular institution . |
| 12 | In order to defend the accused man his defence lawyers will often attempt to implicate the woman as an active participant rather than helpless victim . |
| 13 | * Usage Rate — the supplier may attempt to increase the purchase rate of the customer , so that the customer becomes a heavier user , or may instead try to increase his proportion of the customer 's total order for the product . |
| 14 | She did n't attempt to hide the look of disappointment in her eyes . |
| 15 | One might also attempt to establish a relationship between intensity and exposure at the point at which a pixel is just seen , and use this to obtain intensity readings . |
| 16 | THE commander of Cheshirer Regiment troops preparing to launch relief convoys in the war-torn Bosnian mountains yesterday said his men would attempt to establish a pattern of stability in the region . |
| 17 | By what means , stylistic and other , does the author attempt to establish the character of the narrator in the following passage ? |
| 18 | The first does attempt to obtain a value , the second remains essentially a cost and not a value . |
| 19 | It is essential for Knights that the discipline should attempt to relate the past , present , and future on an appropriately scholarly basis . |
| 20 | For true spelling errors ( rather than typographical mistakes ) , a corrector which knows something about pronunciation will do better than one without , because a writer who is unsure of a spelling will probably attempt to spell a word as it sounds ( Mitton , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | The correct approach here is to cut down the obligation to perform undertaken under the contract , rather than attempt to impose an exemption clause covering the liability for a breach committed . |
| 22 | This chapter will attempt to delineate the relationship between hypertension and diabetes with specific reference to prevalence , effect on prognosis , pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment . |
| 23 | We shall attempt to redress the balance in this section . |
| 24 | Introduced by Eamonn Andrews , its eminently ‘ BBC ’ panel ( dickie bows and twin sets ) would attempt to guess the trade of a prole , and 90 per cent of the telly-owning public tuned in . |
| 25 | Accordingly , this chapter will attempt to provide a consideration of key matters which describe the organizational context of investment decision-making and the process of managing the changes associated with major investments or strategic moves . |
| 26 | Writing in 1946 , Knights , an editor of Scrutiny in the 19305 , is anxious that English should not avoid " controversial questions " in the name of " disinterested knowledge " , The discipline should attempt to provide an education which produces men and women who are not afraid to ask awkward questions , particularly when it comes to matters relating to the " quality of living " , rather than being content to simply fit people into " the machinery of society as it exists at present . |
| 27 | It may seem unnecessary to add : if given a choice , do not attempt to answer a question that you do not understand ( unless , of course , your plight is such that there is no other you can do instead ) . |
| 28 | The inquiry report did not even attempt to answer the question ‘ how many of the children were abused ? ’ |
| 29 | It was not the committee 's function to recommend release , but inevitably the committee would attempt to set a date at which there would be a reasonable prospect that the local review committee and then the Parole Board might be able to recommend release . |
| 30 | It is not clear how this issue could be resolved , other than by stipulation , and hence rather than attempt to reach a conclusion we will proceed to the more fundamental question of whether the shareholders should , in the first place , be considered to have a moral right to decide how companies should be run in virtue of their ownership of corporate property . |