Example sentences of "try [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On these occasions , the hon. Member for Oldham , West is always quick to try to compare social security with the Inland Revenue 's processing of people 's tax returns . |
| 2 | His purpose is to try to target legal aid on individual need and he continues to seek ways — as we all must — to reduce the cost of litigation , both criminal and civil . |
| 3 | In 1972 , the government tried to promote new mining ventures with the Mineral Exploration and investment Grants Act . |
| 4 | LEBANESE President Rene Muawad , killed in a car bomb assassination on Wednesday , was a conciliator who tried to restore Lebanese peace and unity after 14 years of civil war . |
| 5 | To try to preserve industrial peace and control wage inflation governments were forced to adopt a carrot-and-stick approach to the trade unions . |
| 6 | For President Saddam Hussein 's apparent move to clear the way towards peace , is being seen here as a cynical bid to try to dilute western opposition against him . |
| 7 | He believed that the PASOK movement could make a real contribution to European as well as Greek politics , but after serving as education minister in Papandreou 's second administration ( when he tried to reintroduce classical Greek into the school curriculum ) , he left to found his own ill-starred party , the Greek Radical Movement . |
| 8 | President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera , whose National Party ( PN or Blancos ) had failed to secure a majority in the November 1989 congressional elections [ see pp. 37039 ; 37146 ] , tried to compel congressional delegates to decide for or against a bill to privatize all or part of the state-owned telephone company ( Antel ) , the state airline ( Pluna ) , and the national ports administration ( ANP ) . |
| 9 | The morning after the general 's briefing , Iraq brought its latent air capability out of hiding , and tried to hit allied warships in the Gulf . |
| 10 | Apparently he tried typing old tips from pre-Corky days , but they did n't work properly . |
| 11 | One red herring that has been produced by increased language awareness among teachers has been to try to rewrite academic texts so that pupils can cope with them . |
| 12 | This is a temptation one should in general resist , as l regard it as a cardinal rule in developmental biology not to try to infer developmental mechanisms from final forms . |
| 13 | ‘ To try to provide good government to the people of Egypt is hardly to be a traitor . ’ |
| 14 | In addition , students must be warned not to try to write complete harmony simultaneously with the melody . |
| 15 | In addition , reformers tried to obtain antislavery pledges from parliamentary candidates or MPs and at critical moments called national conferences to shadow parliamentary deliberations . |
| 16 | The Government initiated proceedings against Mr Marsh in September last year , but after a lengthy delay while he unsuccessfully tried to obtain legal aid , the case was dropped because it was judged to be ‘ no longer in the public interest ’ . |
| 17 | Coleman tried to obtain veterinary representation on the examining committee , but all efforts failed until after his death . |
| 18 | It is unwise for the average psychic to try to increase psychic ability . |
| 19 | Germany , Belgium and the Netherlands were outvoted by their EC partners when they tried to increase Latin America 's share of the Community banana market . |
| 20 | Saunders is having to adapt its sales policy in order to reach its new customers : the company intends to run roadshow events all over the country to try to attract local buyers . |
| 21 | So that 's why they tried to fade plain bread out the market altogether . |
| 22 | But she had already lost her balance as she impossibly tried to juggle Equal Opportunities , shortage of staff and time , and the torrent of ‘ open access ’ job applications . |
| 23 | Sitting in a heavily carved chair to the right of it , George Briant took a sardonic pleasure in the manifest discomfort of the men and women in front of him who moved uneasily in their damp coats and tried to find dry patches on their laps on which to rest their notebooks . |
| 24 | Tried to find famous lake of Chécrout to take ‘ classic ’ photo of Mont Blanc reflected in its waters . |
| 25 | Research workers tried to find carcinogenic materials in kitchens , but further analysis of the data showed that people paid to work in kitchens have less cancer than housewives in spite of spending twice as much time in them . |
| 26 | ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ . |
| 27 | Dot tried to find beautiful pictures like Mrs Hollidaye did , of meadow flowers , and laughing children , cathedrals and fairy coaches . |
| 28 | Sunderland , playing their fourth match in seven days , made four changes as caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby tried to find fresh legs and a reserve of stamina from his injury-hit first team squad . |
| 29 | The working class met even stiffer resistance when they tried to secure political representation through the Chartist Movement . ’ |
| 30 | She shot him an angry look , but all she received in return was a derisively raised eyebrow , and , when Claudine came back to their table and pulled up a chair with the ease of a spoiled favourite , Alain gave her all his attention and left Jenna to try to pull Marguerite back into some sort of pleasure at this irritating treat . |