Example sentences of "we [vb base] try to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do try to be fair to everybody , ’ said a Milk Marketing Board spokesman . |
| 2 | But you said , when we do a move , we do try to , you know , where we can |
| 3 | We have no automatic right to Group work but we do try to be the preferred contractor . |
| 4 | Well there 's an element of subjectiveness , inevitably , in an assessment , I think , but of course we are aware of this problem and we do try to be a objective as we possibly can . |
| 5 | We 've tried to be a bit more daring . |
| 6 | We er we 've tried to er to meet the the the County Council 's requirements , we 've scaled down our original er provision of erm employment land to take account of the emerging structure plan thinking . |
| 7 | The rooms , erm we 've tried to this has been a bit tied up since the broadcast , we 've tried to have it fairly cluttery so that kids for instance if they 're not used to sheep , can come and come and have a sniff of of of er you know . |
| 8 | But they do not question traditional psychology 's male-identified emphasis on , for example , objectivity and success : ‘ We are both feminists … and although we have tried to be objective about the value-laden topics discussed in this book , we know we can not have succeeded entirely ’ ( 1974 : 12–13 , my emphasis ) . |
| 9 | We have tried to be too delicate and have lost the g . |
| 10 | Now we have tried to be a pragmatic and innovative authority . |
| 11 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 12 | ‘ We realise this is a long-term problem and we have tried to be helpful , ’ said Mrs Mitchell . |
| 13 | ‘ I would like us to put a run together until the end of the season we have three games left and we have to try to be professional and win them all . ’ |