Example sentences of "tried [verb] a [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is indisputable is that the Meiji government , having abolished the official status system of the Tokugawa , tried to impose a permutation of the Tokugawa social ethos , and this ideal sought a fusion of social structure and social morality . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the Chicago School at least tried to relate an understanding of the instinctive aspects of human behaviour to conscious forms of individual and social behaviour , even if we remain unhappy with the precise way in which this combination was brought about . |
| 3 | The leader of the Convergence for Social Democracy ( CDS ) , Placido Miko , was arrested as he tried to pass a copy of the opposition newspaper La Verdad to a traveller to Spain . |
| 4 | Just as their main interest was in the ways of life of people as seen by the people themselves , so they tried to get a sense of the past into their work by using life-histories . |
| 5 | She reached out across the street and tried to get an idea of the shape of a building she could dimly see . |
| 6 | And if Nicolo tried to make an issue of the fact that he 'd bought out her contract so she could work for him , he could stuff it ! |
| 7 | It was , nonetheless , a film that tried to solicit an understanding of the emerging drug culture , and , for good or evil , persisted with its apologist tone that acid was OK when used with caution . |
| 8 | Eldorado , says Mr Kilborn , tried to become a hybrid of the two — plenty of sun and sand , glamour , leisured living with a storyline . |