Example sentences of "[adj] attempt to reduce [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order in which the techniques were presented to the subjects was varied , in a further attempt to reduce the effect of system unfamiliarity . |
| 2 | THE immediate post-Christmas and New Year period is an opportune time to check your weight and count the excess pounds put on after the festive holiday — and a time to count the cost to your health and make a serious attempt to reduce the surplus . |
| 3 | Congress also declined to cooperate with Reagan in many of his more ambitious attempts to reduce the size of the federal government . |
| 4 | The history of previous attempts to reduce the prison population by introducing alternative punishments suggest that NAPO is likely to be proved right . |
| 5 | The White Paper instead proposed that prohibition would apply to chief executives , chief officers , deputies and others who regularly advise or act on behalf of their councils — a concerted attempt to reduce the impact of ‘ twin tracking ’ in local politics . |
| 6 | A more thoroughgoing attempt to reduce the parliamentary influence of the Crown by the ‘ Economical Reform ’ legislation of 1782 was little more effective . |
| 7 | Domitian 's decree was the first recorded attempt to reduce a European winelake . |
| 8 | This prospect has led to a retrenchment in state pension provision and an emphasis on informal caring systems , two attempts to reduce the need for society to foot the bill of its ageing population . |
| 9 | Even Sam Smith 's valiant attempts to reduce the deficit came to nothing . |