Example sentences of "now attempt [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are now attempting to combat the isolation they feel by setting up a national body to represent their interests . |
| 2 | To add insult to injury members should be aware that the Banks are now attempting to re-write the settlement proposals of the dispute last year by claiming a right to earlier opening . |
| 3 | I must now attempt to define the discourse in which the deixis is to be found , for this is the pragmatic frame governing sense-making operations . |
| 4 | However , the Court of Appeal has now attempted to rectify the anomaly by holding that the prosecution must prove intention or recklessness as to physical harm , not as to a mere assault . |
| 5 | But suppose we now attempt to extend the hierarchy and add a fourth element D under B. It immediately becomes clear that the apparent branching hierarchical structure is illusory , since not only B , but also C , stand in the relation ’ — larger than — ’ to D : |