Example sentences of "has try [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we force an associative adjective into predicative position , a user of English has to try to make sense of the result within a framework of interpretation , which already requires that the adjective should be taken as ascriptive . |
| 2 | Its president , Lewis Preston , has tried to sharpen lending and budgetary procedures . |
| 3 | She has spoken at the UN and given lectures abroad in which she has tried to draw attention to Central America 's most beautiful and most tragic republic . |
| 4 | We can summarize a complex process by suggesting that since 1979 central government has tried to extend market provision and market coordination into areas in which non-market , governmental or hierarchical coordination had previously been the norm . |
| 5 | The board has tried to gather information about the bid , but we could not act until we knew who to act for or against . |
| 6 | Since building up a 10 per cent stake Continental has tried to arrange trading pacts . |
| 7 | Anyone who has tried to record information outdoors by pencil and paper on a wet and windy winter 's day will appreciate this problem ! |
| 8 | Starting with a meeting he arranged at Val Duchesse in 1985 , Mr Delors has tried to encourage discussion between management and union leaders . |
| 9 | She has tried to get hold of him . |
| 10 | Yet it is plainly obvious to anyone who works in central London , or has tried to get admission to hospital there , that this is untrue . |
| 11 | His " Englishing " perhaps conveys the message " My Horace , and mine alone " , though he has tried to keep faith with the original text . |