Example sentences of "to try [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On these occasions , the hon. Member for Oldham , West is always quick to try to compare social security with the Inland Revenue 's processing of people 's tax returns . |
| 2 | We would ask those who will be participating in the classes to try to wear either Medau blue or navy blue leotards , tunics , tights because this is visually more pleasing . |
| 3 | Finding himself in some difficulties , with his ship seized by order of the customs commissioners in Edinburgh , Bailie Hooks offered to try to carry the burgh of Wigtown for the candidate favoured by the Duke of Argyll in return for some ready cash and the expectation of assistance with the Court of Exchequer . |
| 4 | The second solution is to try to carry ambiguities around in the form of constraints [ Sussman & steele , 1980 ] . |
| 5 | We had arranged to meet Mrs Newton at her home at ten o'clock and I left my flat earlier than necessary to try to miss some of the rush-hour traffic , though how you avoid a rush hour which lasts from around seven in the morning to nine o'clock at night , I do not know . |
| 6 | If she discusses feelings of this kind with you , perhaps the best you can offer her , apart from a sympathetic ear , is to try to assure her that love freely given is never pointless and never lost . |
| 7 | Erm I take all the motions , first to try to assure these people that we shall , we are that will be taken and I hope that that er has been achieved . |
| 8 | He seemed to want to try to remain in the underworld while still reaching out for life 's little comforts and luxuries . |
| 9 | It is also important for the observer to try to remain as objective as possible . |
| 10 | Yugoslavia , in short , had a right to try to remain undivided . |
| 11 | It is a system where a reasonably educated person would have heard of Homer but never of Kalidas , of Ibsen but rarely of Tagore , of Joan of Arc but not of the Rani of Jhansi ( another woman who took arms to try to drive the British out of her country ) , of Goethe but not of his contemporary the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib . |
| 12 | ‘ And we 're not going to try to drive it , Angalo ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ — and you 're not to try to drive it . |
| 14 | The Army spokesman added : ‘ It was pointed out to the convoy that it would be madness to try to drive through that particular part of the road , but they pushed on . ’ |
| 15 | He pulled her into his arms , giving her no chance to try to evade him as he held her tightly against the solid strength of his body . |
| 16 | The Magyar response to Vienna 's imposition of German was to try to enforce upon their non-Hungarian-speaking subjects the use of Hungarian . |
| 17 | Laud too was the King 's evil genius in persuading him to try to enforce the use in Scotland of a prayer book similar to that of the Church of England . |
| 18 | His purpose is to try to target legal aid on individual need and he continues to seek ways — as we all must — to reduce the cost of litigation , both criminal and civil . |
| 19 | There must be a commitment by management to enable the staff member to try to implement ideas and methods learned on the course . |
| 20 | In some organizations it is futile to try to implement an idea-handling procedure of any kind . |
| 21 | [ There was strong opposition to the ‘ licensed teacher ’ proposal from the teachers ' unions , and little action was taken to try to implement this . |
| 22 | During 1990 and early 1991 the Vietnamese leadership continued to try to implement the plan initiated by Nguyen Van Linh in 1986 to transform the country 's centralized economy to a market-orientated system . |
| 23 | The NCC cited an allegation by Suffolk Citizen 's Advice Bureau of a woman on income support who telephoned the bailiff 's office to try to arrange payment in instalments of her Community Charge arrears . |
| 24 | So he phones the Newleys to try to arrange it . ’ |
| 25 | The question of cycling proficiency tests was discussed and it was agreed to try to arrange such a course in Juniper Green during the October holiday break . |
| 26 | We were asked to try to arrange an inter-club table show with Hulton Aquarist Society . |
| 27 | Martin Foulds reported that Len 's alcohol problem had been previously discussed with the medical team and it had been decided to try to arrange counselling for him . |
| 28 | Sometimes , he can go too far ; he may be anxious to make a sale and make statements which are simply untrue in an effort to try to induce you to buy the product . |
| 29 | In the words of the council leader , the new department was set up to ‘ act in a political manner ’ with a function of ‘ political mobilization ’ and , according to its first co-ordinator , ‘ part of the challenge for us in the local authority is to try to reintroduce some political perspective ’ ( quoted in Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , p. 85 ) . |
| 30 | Will he give an undertaking to the House that he will have discussions with the chair of British Airways to try to reintroduce that important link between London and Dublin ? |