Example sentences of "[verb] been some attempt " in BNC.

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1 But there has been some attempt also to undercut the basic level of the defenders ' case .
2 One suspects that somewhere along the line of the story 's forming there has been some attempt to draw a veil over the proceedings , and to protect the reputation particularly of the great Moses .
3 Although many elements of that model still exist today , there is also quite widespread dissatisfaction with it , and there has been some attempt to find out why , and to modify these elements .
4 In the West Midlands there has been some attempt to classify the type of assistance given to each client into advice or support where support means that some action was taken by the advice worker .
5 There has been some attempt to assess children 's preferences in terms of subject-matter , illustration style , reproduction processes , use of colour , and so on .
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