Example sentences of "[det] attempt at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of equal importance is the ability to understand what can be seen at some historical sites where there is little attempt at historical reconstruction to assist understanding — perhaps a burial mound in the middle of a field or a ruined castle . |
| 2 | Reward charts can be utilized to back-up this attempt at increasing variety . |
| 3 | This undermines any attempt at individualised quality care since the workforce can not assimilate the individual needs , likes and dislikes of a different group of patients each time they come on duty . |
| 4 | It completely disrupts any attempt at normal life . |
| 5 | Parliamentarians scattered OECD statistics around like confetti , but carefully ducked any attempt at serious discussion of what the statistics really mean . |
| 6 | He belittled any attempt at serious conversation with phrases such as , ‘ Well , you 're quite a bluestocking , ’ or , ‘ Actually , I did n't come out to discuss politics . ’ |
| 7 | Any attempt at continued demarcation is impossible once the courts move to a theory of extensive review . |
| 8 | My observer bias forbids any attempt at interpreting Lees ' fig 1 . |
| 9 | The volume and variety of quangos also make any attempt at meaningful classification difficult . |
| 10 | Hence any attempt at national chauvinism , by acting against foreign inward investment , would make it more difficult to argue in favour of British outward investment with foreign governments . |
| 11 | For example , New York 's firemen oppose any attempt at flexible rostering ; they commonly stand by for duty over a 48-hour period each week , and then moonlight on other days . |
| 12 | Birmingham is one of the few cities where any attempt at sensible provision has been made . |
| 13 | Alasdair Milne , the BBC director-general sacked in 1987 , also believed that the Thatcher government abandoned any attempt at bipartisan appointments , in favour of packing the BBC governors with people who would be politically sympathetic . |
| 14 | The more extreme Euro-pessimists would view any attempt at expanding demand to reduce unemployment as being necessarily inflationary . |
| 15 | Any attempt at forcible conquest — by the word or by the sword — could easily have been neutralised or repelled . |