1.   But advocates for the homeless say the partnership is nothing but another thinly veiled attempt to hassle people who live on the streets.

2.   But if it is a thinly veiled attempt to promote prayer, he said, it is not.

3.   Indeed, the union views the proposal as a veiled attempt to allow concessionaires to hire all new employees at lower wages.

4.   Labor leaders said the provision was a thinly veiled attempt to force a deadlock.

5.   Peck said the proposal is a veiled attempt to remove the older athletes from Division II.

6.   Pennington joked that the praise is a veiled attempt to get him out of town for good.

7.   The bill would also put limits in the period approaching elections on issue advocacy commercials that are thinly veiled attempts to support or oppose particular candidates.

8.   The reduction has drawn fire from Gore as a thinly veiled attempt to give huge tax breaks to the wealthiest taxpayers.

9.   The umpires are resigning, not striking, but management and union people said their action was a thinly veiled attempt to circumvent the no-strike provision.

10.   They say the party organization is a veiled attempt to recruit new followers for the Maharishi.

a. + attempt >>共 1080
first 7.02%
previous 4.78%
failed 4.33%
second 3.94%
unsuccessful 3.11%
apparent 3.03%
repeated 2.94%
latest 2.11%
earlier 1.94%
desperate 1.87%
veiled 0.24%
veiled + n. >>共 166
threat 20.99%
warning 9.94%
woman 8.01%
reference 8.01%
attack 5.61%
criticism 5.13%
attempt 3.21%
effort 1.28%
accusation 1.28%
hint 1.28%
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