Example sentences of "['s] attempts [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cuomo condemned the comments as indicative of racial stereotyping , and brushed off Clinton 's attempts to explain them away as " good-natured and jocular " . |
| 2 | It was also transmitted south-westwards , into Egypt and along the coast of North Africa , where it would come into much more direct contact with the coalescing orthodoxy of Rome — and , despite Rome 's attempts to suppress it , exercise a more discernible influence on the evolution of Christianity in Western Europe . |
| 3 | Newcastle 's attempts to bolster their midfield foundered yesterday when their manager , Jim Smith , failed to reach agreement with Chelsea 's Micky Hazard . |
| 4 | But the EC Commission doubted America could provide a global standard , even though Europe 's attempts to set its own standard are mired . |
| 5 | As we walked she told me how she had always resisted her brother 's attempts to persuade her to emigrate to Pakistan . |
| 6 | Johnny Rotten in particular was becoming increasingly estranged from McLaren 's view of what the group should be , and resentful of McLaren 's attempts to control them . |
| 7 | He can even indirectly , but effectively , interfere with the legal owner 's attempts to enforce his legal rights by action in the Common Law Courts . |
| 8 | An enormous number of Polish nobles , therefore , had survived the government 's attempts to relegate them to lesser estates . |
| 9 | The dramatic July developments were triggered by the government 's attempts to use its new legislative majority to circumvent normal procedure and enact a series of controversial measures prior to the conclusion of the current legislative session in late July . |
| 10 | The problem is that Osborne 's attempts to underline his point by the ‘ subversive ’ use of Mozartian instruments ( horns tuned in semitonally clashing keys , Anton Stadler 's clarinets performing Stravinskian arabesques ) result in music which I found neither diverting nor in itself particularly thought-provoking . |
| 11 | I went through what I wanted to say over and over again , unable to respond to Mary 's attempts to reassure me . |
| 12 | ROY KEANE last night revealed he will hold off Nottingham Forest 's attempts to tie him to a new long-term contract . |
| 13 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 14 | Once more among his Party faithful in Nuremberg in September 1938 , his proclamation contained the usual cliché about the infant Nazi Party beginning the fight against the greatest enemy threatening the German people , international Jewry , and a few days later , still at the Party Rally , he attempted to justify Germany 's attempts to rid itself of its Jews by the stereotype reference to an over-populated country . |
| 15 | He was amused by Claire 's attempts to introduce him to attractive women . |
| 16 | Seriously , Wide Awake 's begrudging attitude towards the Lower Ormeau 's attempts to boost its morale is as shameful as it is wrong . |
| 17 | This hooking action is important because it interferes with the opponent 's attempts to free his arm and keeps him closed off for a longer period . |
| 18 | By the late 1880s , however , Japan had growing interests in mainland Asia , and there was a danger that Japan 's attempts to assert herself in Korea and in Manchuria would bring her into direct confrontation with the expanding Russian empire . |
| 19 | The Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
| 20 | THE Football League 's attempts to bring their 14-month search for a chief executive to an early conclusion by choosing between Gordon Taylor of the Professional Footballers ' Association and Arthur Sandford , chief executive of Nottinghamshire county council , look destined to fail . |
| 21 | Despite McMahon 's attempts to intimidate him , Ince continued to be the motivating force for United , whose dominance culminated in Hughes 's brilliant strike . |
| 22 | Oliver was fairly proof against Emmie 's attempts to frighten him but this ingenious touch was too much . |
| 23 | In some cases the government 's attempts to tighten its control and impose administrative and cultural uniformity created nationalist opposition where virtually none had existed : this was most evident in the Baltic provinces dominated by a Germanic aristocracy and in the semi-autonomous Duchy of Finland . |
| 24 | In areas such as the Baltic provinces and the semi-autonomous Duchy of Finland , the government 's attempts to tighten its control and impose administrative and cultural uniformity created nationalist opposition where little had existed . |
| 25 | Since then Lord Aldington has reached separate agreement with the other defendant and Count Tolstoy 's attempts to have his damages overturned have failed . |
| 26 | The first part of the poem deals with Sir Walter 's attempts to impose his mastery on the natural environment . |
| 27 | Feelings are running high about the brick company 's attempts to change their existing tipping permission for inert waste to allow the dumping of domestic and non-hazardous commercial refuse . |
| 28 | This approach also suggests that the most important language is that which represents the child 's attempts to express her own needs and intentions rather than language which arises as the child tries to express ideas supplied by the teacher . |
| 29 | In both of the novels a heroine is involved for committing herself to do something important enough only as itself for example , Elizabeth Bennet walks three fatiguing miles to Netherfield to pay a visit to her ill sister ; Fanny Price opposes her cousins ' attempts to include her in amateur theatricals . |
| 30 | Similarly students ' attempts to control which have not been predetermined by others may be deemed illegitimate — that is , as ‘ behavioural problems ’ or a lack of ‘ acceptance of disability ’ . |