Example sentences of "may try [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selector may try to assess the complexity of the language used , and how this relates to the linguistic experience of his various reader groups , bearing in mind that some subject areas , and the treatment of them , necessarily demand a more complex form of language than others . |
| 2 | But Chancellor Norman Lamont may try to soften the blow with a cut in interest rates . |
| 3 | They believe he and girlfriend Trina Powell , 24 , may try to take the youngsters abroad . |
| 4 | Sometimes the purpose will be described but often it wo n't , since you may try to anticipate the result . |
| 5 | For example , he may strike a match perfectly well but in attempting to light a candle he may try to light the wick with the match unlit or strike the match against the candle . |
| 6 | Teachers may try to tip the balance about this Englishness . |
| 7 | The private , for his part , may try to challenge the felicity condition invoked , and , if he succeeds , he will take away the status of ‘ order ’ from the utterance . |
| 8 | Company takeovers , where a predator may try to raid the fund , were another area of concern . |
| 9 | We may try to assist the pregnancy by following a good diet and receiving medical care , but we can not make the baby grow , any more than we can manufacture the growth of a plant . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State may try to dodge the issue but tonight he is asking us to allow him and British Coal to pay for the top-of-the-range redundancy levels which the interim report from Rothschild urges as a necessary prerequisite for privatisation — |
| 11 | The girl herself will probably be thoroughly frightened , however she may try to hide the fact . |