Example sentences of "[noun] attempt [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of modern pub designers attempt to rescue a sense of intimacy and defensible space by dividing these open-plan arenas into token drinking areas . |
| 2 | Instead , Christian traders attempt to implicate the Buid in the ancient Filipino institution of blood brotherhood . |
| 3 | Performance ratios attempt to answer the question : how well is the business being run ? |
| 4 | As more companies attempt to take a bite at this particular cake , the market becomes increasingly fragmented and it is very difficult indeed to achieve strong enough support for any particular design though each has its own supporters . |
| 5 | Such models attempt to clarify the relationships between the variables that influence the buying situation , and may assist the marketer to predict the outcome of change in any one or a number of purchase variables . |
| 6 | 1.2 Theoretical models These models attempt to show the inter-relationship between relevant behavioural and economic factors involved in the purchase decision . |
| 7 | Faintly irked by the ‘ crisis ’ of white music — that its body has been ‘ forgotten ’ , its attention allowed to meander across the debris of a vast information explosion , away from the folk fire , to be easily bored , jaded , distracted — beige vocalists attempt to construct an ersatz black body to signify … what ? |
| 8 | Almost all UK academic libraries attempt to orientate the new user to the services and stock of the library , and there are very few orientation methods which have not been used in recent years — lectures , seminars , tours ( guided and self-guided ) , video-tapes , slide-lectures , tape-slides , programmed instruction , posters , audio-tapes , games , computer-assisted instruction , and of course library guides . |
| 9 | When governments attempt to control the money supply , therefore , they must seek to control the size of bank deposits and thereby control the amount of bank lending and hence total expenditure in the economy ( aggregate demand ) . |
| 10 | Operation Market Garden was the Allies attempt to secure the bridgehead behind German lines , as the enemy pushed towards the Rhine . |
| 11 | Rochester & Martin attempt to describe the connections existing between sentences in discourse of this type , produced by thought-disordered and schizophrenic speakers , in terms of conceptual associations and lexical ties . |
| 12 | Both circuits attempt to tackle the problem of crossover distortion in a basically identical manner : they try to make the load impedance , RL , appear to be very much higher to the main amplifier than it really is . |
| 13 | Early in October , after having blocked a UN attempt to halt the fighting , Iraq called for a cease-fire . |
| 14 | Hence , social psychologists attempt to transcend the naivety of common sense , to clear up its confusions and ‘ unfounded speculation ’ , and to transform lay into scientific theories . |
| 15 | Many managers attempt to escape the risk . |
| 16 | a series of small scale laboratory studies attempt to isolate the impact of particular aspects of the social environment there — these include religious affiliation , political allegiance and national allegiance . |
| 17 | Crime surveys attempt to bypass the problems of police statistics noted above , by asking a sample of respondents about their experiences of crime , both reported and unreported , to obtain a more accurate picture of crime levels . |
| 18 | All these traditions attempt to represent the way in which God both permeates and undergirds the universe on the one hand , whilst transcending it on the other . |
| 19 | Some interest provisions attempt to insert a minimum rate , which should be avoided by both the landlord and the tenant . |
| 20 | When expending time and money on negotiations or investigations , some vendors attempt to use the developer 's expertise free of charge to obtain a valuation and appraisal of the development potential of their site , even to the extent of the developer obtaining the necessary planning approval and resolving technical problems . |
| 21 | This may occur where B , in endeavouring wrongfully to resist A's attempt to recapture the goods , commits an assault upon A and so justifies A in using violence to protect himself . |
| 22 | The intuition of two unarmed policemen thwarted the I R A's attempt to plant the biggest ever bomb in the capital . |
| 23 | Souness starts a five-match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield . |
| 24 | Souness starts a five match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield . |
| 25 | Souness 's starts a five-match touchline ban when Liverpool attempt to reverse a 4-2 deficit against Russian champions Spartak Moscow in the European Cup Winners Cup at Anfield tonight . |
| 26 | As Rangers attempt to win the domestic treble , and hold a 12-point lead over Celtic in the Premier Division , while harbouring notions of the European Cup , Liam Brady 's side will finish their fourth season in a row without a trophy of any description . |
| 27 | Six characters attempt to have a meal together , yet behind the facade of respectability can be found corruption , political oppression and even drug-trafficking . |
| 28 | These theories attempt to define the method by which meanings are computed ( by people or machines ) . |
| 29 | These theories attempt to link the value of rewards , the probability of receiving these rewards and the effort put in . |
| 30 | Mr Major said : ‘ I am constantly amazed at how many pessimists attempt to paint a picture of a nation in decline when it is an utterly false and unrealistic picture . ’ |