Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( make ) Both in the same script : the difference in the attempt to spell the same word indicates fairly clearly a weak visual memory . |
| 2 | In the north , while in Aragon the CNT militia pushed forward from Barcelona in an attempt to recapture the former anarchist stronghold of Zaragoza , elsewhere the rebels seized the initiative . |
| 3 | Thus , he claims IBM 's act of tearing up its price list was a purely symbolic gesture , simply an attempt to keep the same situation going . |
| 4 | Thus , any attempt to analyse the former land use around a settlement needs to take into account more than just the present physical nature of the land : changes may have taken place in any period under the influence of the technical abilities , and social and economic conditions prevailing at any time . |
| 5 | Scientists have been holding a one-day strike in an attempt to get the same pay as their European colleagues . |
| 6 | As we shall see , the attempt to employ the same concepts to describe quite different tasks was a common phenomenon among young nationalists . |
| 7 | However welcome Bourdieu 's analysis of consumers may be when contrasted to the more common attempt to explain the same material as a simple expression of business interests , the book 's impact is not enhanced by its entirely ignoring the sphere of production . |