Example sentences of "and try [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Question Time the Prime Minister is backed by the civil servants who brief her and try to anticipate supplementary questions . |
| 2 | I do little but rest and try to put this house into some sort of order but as yet there is neither pleasure nor profit in it . |
| 3 | Insert general pendant lighting or inset downlights or wallwashers for the overall light ; fix baffled light below cabinets to shine directly onto the worktop , and try to install special lights over stove and sink . |
| 4 | Do n't be timid , but apply the colour freely and quickly , and try to give some life to the reflections and water , a this lower half blue-green will be the dominant feature of the painting . |
| 5 | Most people follow the recommendation in the instructions and try to restore one face first , then follow with the adjacent layer and the remaining face . |
| 6 | Take this , and try to talk some sense into your dad if you can . |
| 7 | In this book I pose and try to answer three questions : |
| 8 | Visit a bird sanctuary and try to spot some winter bird visitors . |
| 9 | New chairman James McAdam , brought in to replace Ratner and try to halt diving sales , said yesterday : ‘ Adverse publicity after the conference contributed to the particularly poor performance of the 250-shop chain ’ . |
| 10 | The government can seek greater efficiency ; it can squeeze expenditure across the board ; or it can ask hard questions about what the state should be doing , and try to eliminate whole categories of spending . |
| 11 | It would be to let one maxim remind him of the treacherous limits of his information and the other of unconsidered consequences of delay , and try to fill both gaps in his awareness before letting himself be moved in one direction or the other . |
| 12 | When decorating the tank use a mixture of smooth , rounded pebbles and plants and try to include some bamboo shoots ( Arundinaria ) . |
| 13 | The goats lunge at each other with their horns and try to flip each other off the ledge . |
| 14 | Feminists usually criticize cognitive science 's androcentrism , and its oppressive implications for women in the areas of employment and social control , and try to correct these biases . |
| 15 | I move again and try to write some notes , but it is cold enough to freeze the ballpoint off my biro . |
| 16 | And what we 've tried to do is to look at the national curriculum and try to identify young engineers who could go in and help with design and technology and quite obviously , practice what they preach . |
| 17 | Monitor pattern of sleep and try to provide undisturbed periods so that the patient can rest . |
| 18 | Parents often feel that their children should not have everything that they ask for and try to provide some restraint . |
| 19 | They may act as presidential emissaries to the largely autonomous empires of the bureaucracy and try to instil some loyalty to the programme of the President in their department . |
| 20 | I used to set myself time targets for ironing a certain number of shirts and try to beat previous records in order to give zest to an otherwise monotonous job . |
| 21 | I am in the process of organising a conference which touches on this problem , and is concerned with getting the different sections of the innovative and business communities to talk to each other and try to understand each other 's point of view . |
| 22 | It is quite reasonable for someone to draw on specific groups and try to understand particular pieces of action , to use a wider theoretical framework in which to place these actions and try to understand them in this way . |
| 23 | I know people read my books and try to find identifiable people but the truth is that five or six people , and a great deal of myself and a great deal of invention , go into minor characters . |
| 24 | Joy said that this really was n't on and that they must pull up at the side of the road and try to find some stones or something with which to wedge the coffin . |
| 25 | Always keep coming back to the point from which you start , and try to select other roads to follow . |
| 26 | She also has to get them ready for bed and try to avoid one child 's screams waking another . |
| 27 | Rather than trying to tackle the gybe as a whole , break it down into smaller component parts and try to make each part smooth . |
| 28 | Think of your own shoulders , spine , knees and elbows , and try to make this figure physically similar to yourself . |
| 29 | Think of your own shoulders , spine , knees and elbows , and try to make this figure physically similar to yourself . |
| 30 | ‘ But I suppose we ought to be sensible and try to get some sleep , ’ she added reluctantly . |