deliberate attempt

collocation in English

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deliberate
adjective
uk
/dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət/us
/dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/
(often of something bad) intentional ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofdeliberateandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Milestones represents adeliberateattemptby the systematics community to set time aside to review developments and progress in biological systematics.
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First, there was adeliberateattempton the part of dominant producer interests within various governments to shape and direct the consumer interest.
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In the past, in adeliberateattemptto make healthcare services affordable, the prices of most medical services were kept low.
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The guilds' exclusions of illegitimates and women towards the late sixteenth century did not constitute a historical coincidence but was adeliberateattemptto curb enrolment.
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This the author attributes to lack of resources that would enable the far mer to plant on time rather than adeliberateattemptto spread risk.
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Their performance devalues the word of politicians because it is adeliberateattemptto deceive the public.
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It is adeliberateattemptto falsify the argument, and suggests a certain desperation.
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However, we are fearful that there is adeliberateattemptto confuse because of the coming election.
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To be blunt, it is adeliberateattemptto deceive.
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There has been adeliberateattemptto create a low-tech, no-skill and cheap economy.
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Adeliberateattemptwas made to ensure a variety of suppliers, and local vets were encouraged to take part in the tendering process.
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On all the evidence, it was adeliberateattemptto mislead the electorate.
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There was adeliberateattemptto undermine the scheme.
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It is almost as if there is adeliberateattemptto split the concept of inflation.
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This is adeliberateattemptto make a case.
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It might be a computer error, a programming error, or even adeliberateattemptto change the outcome of an election.
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It is adeliberateattemptto interfere with local authority freedom.
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There has been adeliberateattemptartificially to reduce and massage downwards the numbers on the unemployment register.
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It all adds up to adeliberateattemptto divide the nation when the overwhelming need is to unite it.
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