Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] down the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Western consultancy attempting to track down the money lost in this way said that much of it was being deposited in foreign banks . |
| 2 | He finds no real evidence of any government attempting to hold down the rate of inflation in the short run in order to promote its own popularity at election time . |
| 3 | I am not attempting to lay down the law , but simply wish to voice my opinion that ethics should be the first guideline of those dealing with public resources . |
| 4 | This , I think sums up the Kitchens rather neatly — they 're not much like corporate-trousered rock stars , but they 're hardly the Manic Street Preachers attempting to bring down the system from within either . |
| 5 | An obvious extension of this is that they should attempt to break down the isolation between practitioners in different countries . |
| 6 | Some had children that are at an age where there might be a tendency towards vandalism , one of whom had been speedily dealt with by her when he attempted to slide down the oak bannister , kicking her as he went down . |
| 7 | Then , on 11 December 1983 , a large number of Greenham women attempted to pull down the perimeter fence . |
| 8 | He then attempted to play down the row which surfaced following Lineker 's comments in his biography . |
| 9 | Labour 's Scottish Executive attempted to dampen down the controversy with a report which imposed new machinery , such as new standing orders , to tackle what executive chair Anne McGuire described as ‘ old-fashioned ’ practices . |
| 10 | Labour 's Scottish executive attempted to dampen down the controversy with a report which imposed new machinery , such as standing orders , to tackle what the executive chairwoman , Anne McGuire , described as old-fashioned practices . |