"There are so many unintended circumstances when you try and 'gerrymander' the economic system to try and meet your political objectives.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"Those opportunities are very rare for filmmakers, so I felt a responsibility to try and do something memorable with it."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"As we went on, we really did make an effort to try and establish that rapport with the clients."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"And so this visit is really to try and get international and European and British interest in the opportunities in South Africa."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Judges said they will reconvene Tuesday to try and start the trial again and urged Karadzic to attend.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"Who helped him? I believe that he is determined to try and protect those people who assisted him,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

You know,I thought there was a possibly an opportunity there to try and turn a pest into something that might be profitable."

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

For the next few weeks, Venetian males are giving saliva swabs to try and determine where the natives of the area came from.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

"One would think that our government would be fiscally responsible and try and contain our debt.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Try and keep your feet dry. When we're out humpin',change your socks whenever we stop.

VOA: standard.other

We have corporate challenges where everybody who has signed up gets put on a team at random, so you get to meet new people and try and succeed.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

He says he signed it to try and prevent further disintegration of the country's infrastructure and was prepared to take the political risk to try and move Zimbabwe forward.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"I think we also agree that it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the Iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interests,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to unveil the initiative to try and kick-start the Cyprus peace process at a meeting with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias at Downing Street.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11