Example sentences of "[adv] [det] attempt [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps any attempt to sneak out would be a waste of time . |
2 | One important reason is that the number of possible distinct uses of topless seems to be , in principle , open ; so any attempt to draw up a determinate closed list would be of questionable validity . |
3 | The move was attacked by one union leader as just another attempt to drive down wages . |
4 | Practically all the interviewees had made at least one and frequently several attempts to come off . |
5 | If this is so , then any attempts to conjure up a single popular will can only be factitious , and dangerous to the rights of individuals and groups within society : hence , in part , the suspicion with which mass political movements are viewed from within this perspective . |
6 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |