Example sentences of "to try and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now the shootings at more than 600 estates and on moorlands will continue until the middle of this month to try and break last year 's record of 24,000 hinds killed . |
| 32 | In product markets characterised by complex production processes long-term supply contracts or sub-contracts are commonly used to try and lower these costs . |
| 33 | And people are doing it again now , in order to try and re-create those sounds . |
| 34 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 35 | It 's also standards , like the poor receptionist , she says , you know like yesterday , she 's trying to put a call through , , and it did n't get through , she says I 've got to try and answer that phone within four rings . |
| 36 | Most people are amazed to get an answer from the band at all , so it is good business and public relations to try and answer these enquiries . |
| 37 | To try and answer this question , it is necessary to look in more detail at the anatomy of the current slump in the housing market and assess why it has been so much more severe than previous downturns . |
| 38 | At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her . |
| 39 | There 's a certain irony here in the fact that the world leader in free market philosophy should be the one to try and bring some regulation into this area , because that 's the problem here , almost complete deregulation the use of convenient ships , low skilled , low paid er exploited often Third World workers , used and abused by ship owners the world over to increase their profit margins , with a subsequent lack of concern over both the environment and people 's lives . |
| 40 | It was like a valedictory speech , possibly the last big statement he would utter as Leader of the Opposition , the opportunity to deliver a personal justification of what he did to try and ensure that Labour 's values joined together with the popular vote to save the party from the political wilderness . |
| 41 | There is always arguments as far as service work is concerned erm yes , I mean we do hear of complaints erm and obviously if it 's one of our dealers obviously we endeavour to try and resolve any problems if it is one of our dealers . |
| 42 | But one morning I came to play and I found that my clubs were not there ( they had been stolen ) I then had to go through the long task of making a claim to the insurance company to try and claim some money to replace the clubs I had lost . |
| 43 | But the arrogance of the people and yet when we 're going to work , we 've got to try and combat these people , and what help have you got ? |
| 44 | Give yourself full marks for having the determination to try and put this girl out of your mind . |
| 45 | Give yourself full marks for having the determination to try and put this girl out of your mind . |
| 46 | The disadvantage of this is that some promoters underadvertise , underpromote , and undermarket the gig to try and put more pounds in their pockets by reducing their expenses . |
| 47 | A number of solutions have been put forward to try and overcome this problem . |
| 48 | We see jobs being lost every week as our employers cut back to try and outbid each other not in the interests of defence of this country but purely because of political dogma . |
| 49 | Thank you yes , I mean our purpose is not here to try and judge competing bids for the new settlement , but to try to come to if we can , objective appraisal of if we are minded to recommend the new settlement , could we in fact come up with a district location . |
| 50 | The police had to revers their patrol car down lane three to try and warn other motorists of the danger . |
| 51 | ‘ It will not happen again — the image of the club is important and I 'll just have to try and accept any punishment the FA give me like a man . |
| 52 | We 're the trigger we 've got to try and schedule three pickups three baggings a day . |
| 53 | However , it looks like IXI may have to get down into the water to try and tickle this baby out of the flow , as DEC has its own problems to iron out . |
| 54 | So , the object of that part of the project is to try and address that issue , to try and make sure that N V Ss build up their links with environmental groups . |
| 55 | To try and address these problems , the New Business sales team , which has hitherto been organised around operating system environments , is to refocus on the requirements of specific industry sectors . |
| 56 | Attempts have been made to try and address this problem in relation to the needs of all children and families . |
| 57 | I think the most important thing is to try and find that gap in the market that is not well trodden by a lot of other people — to find something which you can do which is different from all the rest of them . |
| 58 | and they come to MPs like me to try and find some way of helping themselves out of the dilemma . |
| 59 | Well , I think for the children 's sake , I 'm going to stay put until Christmas , but after that I 'm really going to have to try and find some sort of stability for my children . |
| 60 | and we had er , I mean we had a bright orange swivel chair and when that came out it was called the Orbit or something , something really weird and it had a big back on it and we thought it was great I mean , I think it 's awful now , some of the things we had , I 'll have to try and find some photographs cos I 've got a case full of photographs upstairs |