Example sentences of "attempt [to-vb] control [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 2 | As recently as 1949 a Dutch officer had committed some appalling massacres here in a misguided attempt to regain control of the colonies for Holland . |
| 3 | An attempt to regain control over the peasants ' movement |
| 4 | After years of frustrated attempts to regain control of the site , Hindu extremists brought the issue to an explosive head this year by threatening to tear down the crumbling mosque and build a temple devoted to Lord Rama . |
| 5 | Their attempts to take control of the legislature were foiled , however , when Rex , using all of his political experience and powers of patronage , induced four opposition legislators to defect to the government benches . |
| 6 | Microsoft 's attempts to take control of the US Windows-based home finance and small business accounts market has so far failed to unseat Intuit 's top selling package , Quicken 6 for DOS . |
| 7 | The Communist Party had not yet abandoned its attempts to gain control of the ILP , despite the assurances made in the previous year . |
| 8 | The army 's deployment in the south was part of the government 's attempts to reassert control over the country under the terms of the Arab League-sponsored Taif peace accords [ see pp. 36986 ; 37928 ] . |