Example sentences of "a attempt had been make " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1918 , an attempt had been made to form a British Screen Club to influence the press in favour of British films . |
| 2 | An attempt had been made at strangulation . |
| 3 | An attempt had been made to offset recent enclosures by letting out a few five-acre plots , rent and tithe free , to deserving poor , but the newer legislation continued to make things difficult . |
| 4 | As for the shed , it was in reality the body from an old motor-van , for on the sides , even though an attempt had been made to obliterate it , was the legend , ‘ H. Martin and Sons , Mineral Water Manufacturers , Castle Street , Salisbury . ’ |
| 5 | An attempt had been made to remove Mrs Smith 's underclothing . ’ |
| 6 | An attempt had been made to have the case relisted before the sentencer within the 28 day period during which variations in sentence are permitted by Supreme Court Act 1981 , S.4 ; , and if the matter had come back before the sentencer within that period it would have been open to him to review the sentence and impose a lawful sentence . |
| 7 | In the year 1531 , an attempt had been made to poison Fisher whilst at his palace at Lambeth , the attempt failing owing to the bishop being unable to take food , but 19 people died and others were taken seriously ill . |
| 8 | He also claimed that an attempt had been made to kill his son at the same site in Castlerock , where he was shot dead a week later . |
| 9 | An attempt had been made to sell this document to a Sunday newspaper , and Ashdown had secured a " gagging " injunction preventing mention of anything to do with the matter . |
| 10 | De-selection had become something of a fashion in the Tory Party : an attempt had been made to de-select several Tory MPs who had campaigned for Heseltine in the leadership contest of November 1990 . |
| 11 | During the crisis which preceded the Civil War , an attempt had been made to tie the Crown to regular Parliaments with the Triennial Act of 1641 , but this Act had been repealed in 1664 and it was not until 1694 that an Act guaranteeing triennial Parliaments was passed . |
| 12 | An attempt had been made to set it alight but no damage was caused . |
| 13 | Police said an attempt had been made to light it but no damage was caused . |