Example sentences of "be try set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK , and in the USA , the first step has been to try to set up an assessment procedure ( Simpson , 1981 ) ; then to consider how training might best be implemented . |
| 2 | I think they 're trying to set up er nought , their own things rather than just joining petrol stations . |
| 3 | To revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made and made under divine providence . |
| 4 | I am trying to set up a seminar on Ethics in Communications ( which may also touch on more general issues of ethics and management ) — do you have any relevant texts of which you might send me a complimentary copy and to which reference could be made in the publicity for what should prove a stimulating event ! |
| 5 | So there is a range of hidden costs of community care which we have to remember when we are trying to set up new services . |
| 6 | If the father is trying to instil good table manners while the mother is arguing , ‘ What does it matter , so long as she eats ? ’ , or the mother is trying to set up a sensible bedtime routine while father says ‘ Another half-hour wo n't hurt ’ , mealtimes and bedtimes will soon turn into problem areas . |
| 7 | At the point where the program is trying to set up the tutorial files it reports that it is unable to find ‘ Festina Text ’ and skips the entire operation . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ The new government is trying to set up a new country but they have no natural resources and they are desperately short of everything . |
| 9 | Other older husbands and wives had adapted their work ( by changing jobs ) to help a son who was trying to set up in farming . |
| 10 | All of them have been at the centre of proposed part-exchange deals Souness was trying to set up this season to capture Nottingham Forest midfielder Roy Keane and QPR striker Les Ferdinand . |
| 11 | Another civilian was trying to set up a camera and tripod to photograph the scene and everybody was trying to sidestep the vomit on the carpet . |