Example sentences of "are trying [to-vb] [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	‘ The cost is killing us , and what we are trying to do is make a proportion of business profitable once more .
2	No one owns this form what we are trying to do is make sure it 's ready so therefore it has an owner .
3	What we are trying to do is ensure that our training records meet the requirements of B S 5750 .
4	What they are trying to do is to arrive at insights which are generally true of all humanity ( including the anthropologists themselves ) by observing very small-scale examples of human life .
5	And what we are trying to do is attract other business into that floor space .
6	What we are trying to do is serve them direct and there is no problem as far as transport is concerned . ’
7	The nearest McIntosh comes to direct criticism is when he says : ‘ What we are trying to do is to provide clients with the services that they want and I think that will be the difference .
8	What we are trying to do is to provide good people who have an enthusiasm for this kind of catering with a fast route towards management responsibility , and that is a route which , for those who want it , can lead right up into store management and beyond .
9	What neuropsychologists are trying to do is to come to some understanding of the way in which damage to the brain impairs abilities such as memory , perception and the use of language .
10	What we are trying to do is to excite , giving black women a voice , in mime .
11	‘ What we are trying to do is provide women with the sort of club environment that men are used to and they are not , so that they can relax and talk about business .
12	‘ What we are trying to do is to relay six miles of track from Meenglass to Donegal … the Barnsmoor Gap , plus renovate the old coaches still in existence , some of which are now holiday homes and hen houses ! ’
13	What you are trying to do is to develop an employee who thinks for himself .

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