Example sentences of "make a [adj] attempt [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 2 | Daniel too was given garments , some he might wear and some he would n't , socks , scarf , tie , all of them not black , as though the company had made a preconcerted attempt to cheer him up . |
| 3 | GRAEME SOUNESS has made a final attempt to persuade Wimbledon to part with John Scales — and has lined up Neil Ruddock in case he fails . |
| 4 | Pressman and Wildavsky have made a tentative attempt to draw attention to what may loosely be described as the mathematics of implementations the way in which the mere quantity of agreements necessary may , even when all parties are committed to a policy , undermine or delay effective action . |
| 5 | In ANDES " work , particularly in the controlled zones and with refugees , it has made a concerted attempt to include women , and its educational materials have been drawn up bearing in mind the need to broaden the context of women 's work . |
| 6 | The TGAT report is long and difficult in places , but has made a skilful attempt to match the best of teacher practice in the field of assessment with the general constraints imposed by TNC . |
| 7 | Those outside the political arena believe that the Government have made a poor attempt to answer some searching questions . |
| 8 | The Conservative government has made a half-hearted attempt to tax company cars — half-hearted because it fears upsetting natural Tory voters . |
| 9 | Within two months they had made a first attempt to get a suitable building site — part of the field in which the new Presbyterian School was to be built . |
| 10 | RODERICK Newall , the former army officer accused of murdering his wealthy Scottish parents in the Channel Islands five years ago , has made a third attempt to kill himself in prison in Gibraltar , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 11 | Did he imagine she 'd made a special attempt to impress him ? |
| 12 | Richard Body has made a brave attempt to shed the mythology and propaganda , and to expose farming objectives to public debate . |
| 13 | The Committee concluded that the broadcasters could legitimately claim to have made a praiseworthy attempt to deliver the sort of programmes they had promised . |
| 14 | The United Kingdom government , however , reacting to the widespread criticism of the subcommittee 's proposals , had then made a last attempt to secure concessions towards increased democratization in post-1997 Hong Kong . |
| 15 | My guess is that the bozo could make a half-headed attempt to chase after the car , but more likely he will not . |
| 16 | In the absence of such continuous assessment , officially applied , you must make a serious attempt to produce the short-term aims within your own thinking . |
| 17 | The two maxi-sloops , Lawrie Smith 's Rothmans , of Britain , and Pierre Fehlmann 's Merit , of Switzerland , could make a last-day attempt to overtake the two New Zealand ketches , swinging up the West Australian coast to make full use of the sea breeze . |
| 18 | She 'd meant her tone to be clipped and dismissive , but even to her own ears it sounded slurred and indistinct as she made a mental attempt to regain conscious control over the increased rhythm of her heart . |
| 19 | In 1416 the French made a serious attempt to regain Harfleur , which they blockaded by land and sea . |
| 20 | He recalled the movie Member of the Wedding which he described as ‘ the ONLY adult film I have ever seen which made a serious attempt to analyse the idea of adolescent loneliness being the prelude to alone-ness . ’ |
| 21 | He made a half-hearted attempt to brush away my hand . |
| 22 | The Minister made a half-hearted attempt to justify that claim , but he could not identify anything that he or the Government had positively done . |
| 23 | He came to life and made a half-hearted attempt to mop the milk up with his handkerchief . |
| 24 | Mum made a half-hearted attempt to calm her daughter down , but Mary shrugged her off and continued sobbing bitterly . |
| 25 | At one point I made a straightforward attempt to discover what principles were followed in the amalgamation of libraries which clearly would have involved duplication and manifold reasons for legitimate dispersals . |
| 26 | Although , in the early 1980s , the government made a successful attempt to make non-marketable debt more attractive , it is sales of marketable debt which remain the dominant means of funding the PSBR . |
| 27 | Cornelius made a vain attempt to do so . |
| 28 | Another man , again in an official car , was a bit late spotting the photographer and , as he turned into the car park , made a halfhearted attempt to pull on his seat belt . |
| 29 | She made a mild attempt to evade him but he cut across and landed in front of her , sitting , as she had first seen him , with the sheep and goats dithering and teetering before and around him . |
| 30 | But there was an heir , and the following year , the twenty-one year old prince , already Charles II to his followers , left the safety of Holland and made a desperate attempt to regain the throne . |