Example sentences of "'s attempts [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 2 | Manchester 's attempts to stage the 1996 Olympic Games are being hindered by British sport 's two-faced approach to South Africa , said Sam Ramsamy , chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee , at a civic reception in Manchester yesterday , writes Michael Morris . |
| 3 | About half the deputies who defied Gen Aoun 's attempts to block the presidential election are Christians like Mr Muawad . |
| 4 | The Comintern 's attempts to involve the Mexican Communist Party in Moscow 's decision to liquidate Trotsky resulted in violent convulsions within the party , with Valentin Campa and Hernán Laborde expelled . |
| 5 | Throughout the 1970s all of these elements were to feature in the Council 's attempts to find the appropriate balances under its Charter , and to handle the increasingly complex range of subjects and institutions . |
| 6 | But Ridley 's attempts to expose the lush cornfields of Fifties middle America as a stunted psychic wasteland are ultimately carried by his visual confidence and imagination . |
| 7 | There is anger here about Britain 's attempts to influence the present situation . |