Example sentences of "be to try [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sense of effort in his conversation staggered her , and she watched him with pity , for he laboured as though he were to try to write a sonnet , and all the while the conversation was predestined , unnecessary , a mere coin of payment . |
| 2 | If the employer is worried about breaking the contract , the ideal solution is to try to negotiate a variation . |
| 3 | The first is to try to achieve a combination in which the tones of the different parts of the design are sufficiently distinct to read clearly one from another but do not display too violent tonal contrasts , unless a particularly dramatic effect is part of your aim ! |
| 4 | Now one of the jobs of the police force , and especially the CID , is to try to establish a pattern in crime , if this is possible , and in this instance both Sergeant Lewis and myself found it difficult not to believe there was some link between the two events . |
| 5 | The first instinct of ICI was to try to form a cartel with IG Farben . |
| 6 | The court was satisfied that the right approach was to try to reach a conclusion on a proper construction of the relevant clause before turning to any other cases where similar clauses had been used . |
| 7 | A variation was to try to extract a ransom from the owner for the return of the animal . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend the Member for Belfast , East ( Mr. Robinson ) and I understood that the basis of the talks was to try to secure a replacement for the Anglo-Irish Agreement and to make arrangements to safeguard the administration of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom . |