Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] try " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ward had not lied or misled anyone about the nature of the payment or tried to conceal the money he had received . |
| 2 | All I have to worry about is designing , instead of production ETAs or trying to work out my taxes whilst being in a million meetings a day . |
| 3 | But the allusion to ‘ properly conducted ’ games or sports is vague , and the notion that such dangerous exhibitions as circus acts or trying to vault over twelve buses on a motorcycle are ‘ needed ’ in the public interest seems strained . |
| 4 | An underlying reluctance to accept change or try out new activities is so well hidden and overcome that she is extremely optimistic and positive when taking decisions and initiating projects . |
| 5 | This is very contrary to our traditional view of trying to segment and fragment the information and trying to keep it at the business specific level or trying to keep it at the corporate level . |
| 6 | And as all sports are matched to your own ability , you can keep up with an old favourite or try your hand at something new . |
| 7 | Unionists responded by either boycotting council meetings or trying to exclude Sinn Fein councillors , depending on whether or not there was a unionist majority . |
| 8 | She accepted the first price offered by the first jeweller , not realizing that she could probably have raised fifty per cent more money by bargaining or trying other shops . |
| 9 | It does n't matter where he/she finishes , but whether the coach is only asking the eight-year-olds to spring 50m or trying to get all the senior team to really race hard over the first 1500m , he or she must be seen to experience it too or the children simply wo n't believe the coach can know what he/she is talking about . |
| 10 | Should you , for the screen , attempt to find some equivalent visual pastiche or try to carry the original concept through dialogue ? |
| 11 | We can recommend Turner Engineering on 0342 834713 who supply them from stock or try the advertisers in LRO yellow pages . |
| 12 | Philip Williams has drawn a distinction between Labour party leaders who are Path-finders , who look for new solutions or try to lead the party in new directions , and stabilizers , who are concerned above all with preserving party unity . |
| 13 | You really need to get a job , however menial , in the business before you use your hard-earned savings or try to borrow money to start one . |
| 14 | Serve them chilled either as an aperitif or try them with white meat , poultry dishes and cheeses . |
| 15 | ‘ Stranglers In The Night ’ ( arf arf ) is an inoffensive collection of songs that tries to capture the charms of the old Stranglers and fails miserably . |
| 16 | BM is simpler in many ways than other methods that try to influence problem employees . |
| 17 | The manufacturers of BSB 's MAC receivers , the traders that tried to sell them , and the public who were encouraged to buy them , have lost confidence in the whole business of MAC , Marcopolo and 31° West . |
| 18 | I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children . |
| 19 | Just think of what that has done to the system there and to all the other applicants who have been seeking help from a Department that tries to ensure that people are given the awards to which they are entitled . |
| 20 | Other cars that try hard to embrace traditional concepts of luxury use leather and wood as add-on decoration ; the Bentley uses them as raw materials . |
| 21 | There is just one catch to all this , which is , that in some races , notably Divisions 1 and 11 , there is a rather badly constructed rule that tries to limit the amount of pumping you are allowed to do . |
| 22 | However , region has a history as a concept within geography and it is better to use a new term than to try and alter the definition of a long-established one . |
| 23 | Unlike some foreign restaurants that try and transplant you to distant shores by piping out Zorba , Pavarotti or the Bombay sitar quartet , thankfully L'Alouette does n't bother . |
| 24 | He took one hand off the wheel and tried to push it down . |
| 25 | I had never been able to persuade her to accept any money for her kindness and tried to reciprocate by doing any small repairs she needed to her flat , and by supplying occasional tickets for the theatre , for the tennis at Wimbledon , and for the races at Epsom . |
| 26 | Clarke , a substitute for Sanchez , robbed Stein and tried to steer the ball home but Chamberlain , playing only his second game since November , saved well . |
| 27 | The clanking of the machines was almost deafening , and Fenella wanted to clap her hands to her ears and try to shut it out . |
| 28 | The waiting patients pricked their ears and tried not to smile and then the surgery door would burst open and eject … a little old lady , pink with pleasure ! |
| 29 | Tolby smoothed back the tufts of hair above his ears and tried to smile back . |
| 30 | I closed my ears and tried to close my mind to what was happening . |