Example sentences of "a attempt [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a attempt to grasp the higher spiritual truth . |
| 2 | The operation at Harefield last week was not an attempt to replace the entire heart . |
| 3 | These units should not , however , be used in an attempt to replace the natural balance between various kinds of aquatic plant , for this is the perfect answer for any pool . |
| 4 | This choice of fusion site may be important , as an attempt to replace the N-terminal domain of gp70 SU with a functional IL2 polypeptide did not succeed 26 . |
| 5 | Is the Minister aware that the Department of the Environment has undertaken a surreptitious exercise in an attempt to destroy the private sector taxi service in Belfast ? |
| 6 | At Theodore 's urging in 686 , Aldfrith also made an attempt to resolve the outstanding quarrel with Wilfrid and Theodore certainly seems to have prevailed on the king to restore Wilfrid first of all to Hexham ( during a vacancy there , Eata having died , though in 687 John of Beverley , a monk of Whitby , was appointed bishop ) ; then to York ( from which see Bosa , who was still alive in 704 ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 54 ) , was removed ) and Ripon ( from where Eadhaed was also removed ) ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 44 ) . |
| 7 | But in the future a diverse ecology will only be able to coexist with an efficient agriculture within the context of a planned land-use strategy , and such an attempt to resolve the various and conflicting demands on the countryside can not be successful without farmers surrendering at least some of their freedom of action to do as they wish with their own land . |
| 8 | In an attempt to clarify the conformational and energetic aspects of B I -B II transitions within DNA oligomers we have undertaken a systematic modelling study using the JUMNA program ( 11 ) which is specifically designed for modelling nucleic acids . |
| 9 | In an attempt to improve the effective provision of intelligence to decision makers , some companies , particularly in the USA , are experimenting with various ways of developing a process of gathering information , analysing and interpreting the information and ensuring that it is used effectively in the decision-making process . |
| 10 | What is at issue is whether improved resource levels should be used to make special schools internally more satisfactory , doing what they have historically done but doing it in some sense more efficiently , or whether those resources are used in an attempt to improve the general education service in ways which might reduce its need for transferring pupils to special schools . |
| 11 | On all islands the dug-outs embark in an attempt to sell the extra output to the other islands . |
| 12 | Baudrillard began his studies in the earlier tradition of symbolic analysis , with an attempt to examine the significatory properties of modern mass consumption ( e.g. 1981 : . |
| 13 | The final phase in the procedure involved giving parents advice about prospective job opportunities for their children , and this was considered to be the most difficult part of the work as it meant balancing all the different factors in an attempt to situate the best applicant in the best position . |
| 14 | The move was seen as an attempt to bolster the falling level of public support for his administration by addressing the two crucial issues of national unity and the economy . |
| 15 | GATT 's Director-General , Arthur Dunkel , meanwhile was mandated by a majority of the GATT 's 108 member countries to begin a round of shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Brussels in an attempt to avert a transatlantic trade war . |
| 16 | Along with the rest of the property sector , British Land 's shares have been trading at a considerable discount to its assets per share , and yesterday 's move is an attempt to close the 40 per cent gap which built up as institutions took a dimmer view of the market . |
| 17 | This was an attempt to sabotage a heavy water plant in Norway vital to German atomic bomb development . |
| 18 | This study was performed in an attempt to estimate the mucosal activity of neutrophils in ulcerative colitis and elucidate the possible neutrophil activating role certain cytokines may exert . |
| 19 | An attempt to estimate the cumulative effect of thematic map errors in digital overlay analysis has been made by Newcomer and Szajgin ( 1984 ) . |
| 20 | She stands off expectantly to one side , limbs and body ready for an instant gallop or spring , her eyes focused upon you in an attempt to induce an endless repetition of the game . |
| 21 | Why might an attempt to explain a particular set of phenomena flounder ? |
| 22 | The notion of a " post-Creole continuum " , first put forward by De Camp ( 1971 ) , is an attempt to explain the complex linguistic situation in those places where there is a long history of native speakers of British English in contact with speakers of an English-based Creole . |
| 23 | Two councils have obtained high court injunctions in an attempt to stop an illegal rave party going ahead . |
| 24 | A typical objection against it might be that it involves an attempt to settle a metaphysical issue without first clarifying the conditions under which such an issue can be meaningfully discussed . |
| 25 | TONY WRIGHT is to be the new captain of Gloucestershire in an attempt to foster a happier , more integrated dressing-room and lift morale . |
| 26 | In an attempt to pre-empt the banking-reform referendum , the Bank of Italy and the Treasury rushed a bill through the Senate in March . |
| 27 | Man 's aspiration to transcend his limits entails sacrilege and suffering , being at bottom an attempt to reimpose the original unity of life . |
| 28 | The Japanese invaders added to this a ban on the practice of all martial arts , in an attempt to suppress the Korean nationalist spirit . |
| 29 | The most you can expect from us is an attempt to organize an orderly return with emphasis on some priorities . ’ |
| 30 | Tatarstan 's leaders , however , denied that the Constitution signified an attempt to leave the Russian Federation altogether . |