Example sentences of "any attempt at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OECD definitions are frequently different from national ones , public sector boundaries vary between countries , and fluctuating exchange rates compromise any attempt at a standard unit of value . |
| 2 | ANY attempt at a face-to-face meeting with the IRA is a dangerous operation , because it could either help or hinder the cause of peace . |
| 3 | These two States have undertaken by treaty to accept the obligations contained in another treaty to which they are third parties , in recognition that any attempt at a lasting settlement is unlikely to succeed without their co-operation . |
| 4 | But it is a language once again demonstrated to be volatile , unable to have its discursive play controlled , de-centring any attempt at a structured organisation . |
| 5 | For example , an employer who , without any attempt at an individual medical assessment , inaccurately pre-judges epileptic applicants for positions as being unable to perform the job , will have treated those applicants as disabled , even though in fact their impairments might not limit their major life activities at all or only to the extent that others react adversely to them . |
| 6 | But his watch did n't make any attempt at the right label . |