Example sentences of "trying to stop the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the events of the weekend events police are trying to stop the other raves taking place . |
| 2 | Labour spokesman Mr Barry Sheerman said it was no good trying to stop the Peruvian peasants who grew the coca by defoliating their forests . |
| 3 | Judges in contempt cases can be judges in their own cause ; it is doubtful whether juries would have convicted Granada television for refusing to name its " mole " within British Steel , or solicitor Harriet Harman for giving a journalist access to documents read out in open court , or " The Independent " for publishing excerpts from " Spycatcher " at a time when the Government was trying to stop the British public from reading a book on open sale in other countries . |
| 4 | We have been trying to stop the deteriorating effects of ageing on our skin since the times of the pharaohs . |
| 5 | Mankind is a dominant species because it 's adaptable , and you 're trying to stop the natural methods of evolution for your own rotten reasons and … ’ |
| 6 | Hastily she dabbed around her eyes , trying to stop the green rivulets running down her face . |