Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [be] trying " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme . |
| 2 | Brian Clough has been trying for several weeks to recapture the man he sees as a key player in his fight to lift Forest off the bottom of the Premier League . |
| 3 | ICI has been trying to develop substitutes for halons 1211 and 1301 , but as yet none of the agents under trial match their performance . |
| 4 | This , then is the state of affairs which Rigoberta Menchu has been trying for the past 11 years to bring to the world 's attention — an almost impossible task , given the fact that for most of that time the international press found Nicaragua and El Salvador much more diverting . |
| 5 | The divisions are certainly latent , but the very manner in which , especially since President Muawad 's assassination , Syria has been trying to enforce the peace plan — with such haste , threats and bluster — tends to blunt rather than sharpen them . |
| 6 | Bella had been trying to push the walking-frame along and carry the tea at the same time . |
| 7 | They also took private papers relating to the large South Ronaldsay family Mr and Mrs T had been trying to help , and a library book written by a social worker on sexual abuse . |
| 8 | Pepita had been trying to remember the events that led up to being bitten by the black widow spider . |
| 9 | IBM has been trying to negotiate a deal with the Open Software Foundation to buy outright re-distribution rights to an OSF/1 single server running under Mach 3.0 on PS/2s . |
| 10 | The money from US West will help its balance sheet , which Mr Levin has been trying to clean up . |
| 11 | Since taking over from Left-winger David Hunt , former Thatcherite Mr Redwood has been trying to reassure the Welsh that there will be no dramatic change in Welsh Office policy . |
| 12 | Was that what Carol had been trying to tell him ? |
| 13 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 14 | Staff at the police photographic department , Ministry of Defence laboratories and IBM have been trying to improve the original blurred images of the youths . |
| 15 | Which one , yeah that 's the one that erm Kim 's been trying to get Lorraine the Bennetton one . |
| 16 | Karen 's been trying to do that . |
| 17 | This is negotiated on an individual basis , but Mike Lester has been trying to relate all new contracts to turnover between a range of £5,250 ( turnover £80,000 ) to £7,500 ( turnover £200,000 plus ) . |
| 18 | Also because Susan Hart had been trying to reach me through my office . |
| 19 | My head was n't really in the right state for assimilating all this stuff , but as far as I could gather , Uncle Rory had been trying for years to come up with something Creative ( his capital , his italics ) . |
| 20 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |
| 21 | Sylvia had been trying for years to overcome her claustrophobia , but with little or no success . |
| 22 | Great local artists like Gilberto Gil have been trying for years to promote their country 's music , but ( as with the African-music boom ) it has taken the combination of an enthusiastic American super-star and cosmopolitan French audiences to really make the change . |
| 23 | Samsung has been trying to discard its somewhat downmarket image for some time . |
| 24 | So Stephen Matthews and his colleagues at LLNL have been trying out their linear accelerators . |
| 25 | For more than 50 years Oxfam has been trying to improve the fabric of society in some of the world 's poorest regions . |
| 26 | Oxfam has been trying to help the refugees er in the area , but Tony Jackson just back from Cambodia says it 's becoming harder for many to survive . |
| 27 | Fujitsu has been trying to expand its share by offering massive discounts . |
| 28 | The lessons which Donaldson has been trying to teach us are reflected throughout the following chapters . |
| 29 | Mr Aznar has been trying to exploit their success by taking time out of his campaign to visit Jacques Chirac ( and , for some reason , John Major ) . |
| 30 | Which is a lot is n't it really , once we come down to it , you know we 've had a two solid hours of what God has been trying to teach us today . |