So as a father of two young girls, I've tried hard to be a good dad.
Tickets were cheaper and easier to obtain, but lots of bigwigs still tried hard to blag them.
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It has since tried hard to reinvent itself as a competitive political party operating in a democracy.
He had pulled 100% out of the market in October although I tried hard to keep him invested.
He has tried hard to find a job, and every week goes for training at the job centre.
But it also tried hard to discredit Mr Mehlis, most dramatically by televising a key witness's supposed recantation.
Above all, Mr Bush has tried hard to avoid playing a personal role in the Middle East peace process.
He tried hard to assimilate the teaching of this legendary pedagogue and fountainhead of European neo-classicism into his musical aesthetic.
Rather than trying to make the system work, they have become obstructionists who have tried hard to shut it down.
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Said approvingly, and probably true (Hanwell tried hard to be generous in his interpretations), if you happened not to be his son.
The army has tried hard to regain legitimacy over the past decade.
Senegal's French coach tried hard to sound pleased with his side's performance.
As might be expected, especially from a government-run station, NHK tried hard to introduce a more upbeat and hopeful aspect of the situation.
After the threat to list salmon, Gary Locke, the state's Democratic governor, and other state politicians tried hard to engender a sense of panic.
He tried hard to be neutral and avoided any judgment on the science underlying climate change predictions or on possible policies to counteract global warming.
Las Vegas tried hard to turn itself into a family destination.
It took out the brass knuckles and tried hard to unseat interim president Roberto Micheletti in the interest of restoring Mr. Zelaya to the office.
Lee said Hasan got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars, and had tried hard to prevent his pending deployment.
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Jukes tried hard to compose his mind and judge things coolly.
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At the centre of both attacks will be a government that did little to create the current mess and has tried hard to find solutions to it.
"Those who tried hard to wash the ink off, it will not be completely washed, " Election Commission Deputy Chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar told The Wall Street Journal.
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The Havasupai have tried hard to retain their native culture.
The State Department has tried hard to reassure America's allies.
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But because he needed to win at least a couple of their votes in the Senate to break the threat of a filibuster, he tried hard to court them.
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Before relinquishing power Fidel Castro tried hard to get the embargo lifted, with the evident aim of having American banks and taxpayers finance the next phase of his revolution.
With more and more cameras launching into the market, differentiating can be difficult, something apparently not lost on iON, who has clearly tried hard to introduce new and distinct features.
The board has tried hard to address off-balance-sheet abuses.
Garriques and Motorola (as well as Dell) have refused to discuss his sudden decision to leave with anyone in the media, frustrating many journalists who have tried hard to get the inside story.
"I tried hard to balance the needs of the science with the IPCC, which were not always the same, " wrote East Anglia climatologist Keith Briffa to Penn State's Michael Mann in April 2007.
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