Example sentences of "a bid [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Monika is now taking legal advice in a bid to force the missing priest to shoulder his responsibilities . |
| 2 | The daily and monthly Treasury bond indicators ( the BTN and BTNF ) which linked prices to inflation and were commonly used as economic indices were also abolished in a bid to restore the official currency , the cruzeiro , as the only mechanism for financial transactions . |
| 3 | Security chiefs were meeting today in a bid to counter the current upsurge in loyalist violence which has claimed four lives in as many days . |
| 4 | THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND Switzerland this month secured the cooperation of the country 's largest manufacturer of coffins ( or as the Americans call them caskets ) in a bid to preserve the tropical moist forests of the world . |
| 5 | ‘ We have not made a bid to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 6 | In fact I 'm surprised they never made a bid to stage the next Olympics . |
| 7 | BRITISH athletics chiefs are to step up their policing efforts in a bid to stop the banned drugs offender , Robert Hamilton-Jones , from competing under assumed names in track meetings . |
| 8 | Detectives are first trying to locate other inmates in a bid to corroborate the original allegation before making a formal approach to the De La Salle Brothers . |
| 9 | Shoppers in St Helens cheered and applauded as more than 3,000 protesters , many of them waving banners and placards , marched through the town centre in a bid to save the doomed Parkside Colliery , on Saturday . |
| 10 | LOYALIST politicians are engaged in behind-the-scenes talks with the Northern Ireland Office in a bid to halt the recent upsurge of violence , it was claimed today . |
| 11 | LOYALIST politicians are involved in secret talks with senior Northern Ireland Office officials in a bid to halt the recent upsurge in violence , it was claimed today . |
| 12 | LOYALIST politicians are involved in secret talks with senior Northern Ireland Office officials in a bid to halt the recent upsurge in violence , it was claimed today . |
| 13 | Additionally , two regional transect lines are being included : they will traverse the margin in a bid to define the crustal structure better , and to improve our understanding of the tectonic framework . |
| 14 | Police have called in professional shark hunters in a bid to kill the great white . |
| 15 | A local contest is set to be introduced covering pubs , restaurants , hotels , shops and offices , schools , individual gardens and allotments , in a bid to boost the limited participation of the last few years . |
| 16 | Three weeks ago Chancellor Norman Lamont cut the tax by up to £400 in the Autumn Statement in a bid to revive the flagging motor industry . |
| 17 | In a bid to protect the Yanomami Indians , Brazilian police and military are evacuating the illegal gold miners who have streamed into the Indian reserve in Roraima state . |
| 18 | Timex talks Executives and union leaders , including Gavin Laird , general secretary of the AEUW , have held a second meeting in a bid to end the bitter four-month Timex Dundee dispute . |
| 19 | ARDS have failed in a bid to get the Bass Irish Cup semi-finals rescheduled . |
| 20 | The Capenhurst control line flyers formed in 1985 in a bid to recreate the golden days of their youth . |
| 21 | As noted , eurobond firms are seeking to reform issuance procedures in a bid to reduce the current pressures on profitability , one underlying cause of which has been excess capacity . |
| 22 | John Pitt , joint managing director of Anchor International , accused the protestors of objecting to the licence in a bid to scupper the whole scheme . |
| 23 | Quayle , in a bid to limit the political damage to himself , viewed the show in Washington with a group of single parents … who loved the gags . |
| 24 | RIVAL anglers are poaching each other 's fishing stocks in a bid to catch the big one . |