Example sentences of "attempted [to-vb] these " in BNC.
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| 1 | The urge to cash in on contemporary themes remained , however , and another small group of films attempted to dramatize these issues in a way that would avoid the pitfalls of labour films . |
| 2 | During the war , various reforms attempted to consolidate these diverse institutions , including the appointment in February 1855 of Lord Panmure to a position combining both governmental posts . |
| 3 | It attempted to identify these needs , and addressed detailed recommendations for meeting them to central government , LEAs , examination boards , teachers , training institutions and funding bodies for research and curriculum development . |
| 4 | On 1st July 1916 at 7.30 a.m. , to the sound of exploding mines and a massive artillery barrage , British and Commonwealth forces attempted to storm these low hills around Thiepval . |
| 5 | As the case study of Channel Four ( see below ) amply demonstrates , concerned groups and individuals attempted to keep these services out of the competitive struggle between the two giants of broadcasting in the hope that they would be better able to serve previously excluded minority groups in society . |
| 6 | The workers attempted to remove these disadvantages by reintroducing the concept of an incompressible and predictable basic wage of ‘ standard rate ’ , through trade unions or through informal practices . |
| 7 | Mitchell and Green ( 1978 , Experiment IV ) attempted to distinguish these explanations by presenting subjects with an extract from Pirsig 's novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , which began and ended with a simple concrete description of the countryside . |