Sentence examples for try and elicit from inspiring English sources

This is because X Factor compulsively reminds everyone where they came from once every 15 seconds in order to try and elicit an emotional reaction from the viewers.

A parental questionnaire was designed to try and elicit parental views on consent and participation in research.

Questions within each of these topics were deliberately broad to try and elicit a range of respondent beliefs and experiences.

However, due to the integration of the helplines, and the fact that callers receive a 'usual' service, a decision was made to recruit any callers who were using the helplines (ABM, BfN or NBH) and, where possible, try and elicit from the caller which helpline service they had contacted.

Don't presume to know it but do ask lots of open-ended questions to try and elicit some clarity from the silent treatment giver.

During the counseling, the interviewer will introduce some basic lifestyle themes (such as satisfaction with present lifestyle, and attitude towards a more active lifestyle), and will try to elicit statements concerning desire, ability, and reasons and need for changing the present lifestyle[ 27].

In the game players start with a single clue and try to elicit several more from competitors via diplomacy, trickery, luck and whatever other strategies they can dream up.

While chip and PIN technology has cut fraud using lost or stolen cards, "phishing" scams – where fraudsters send emails purporting to be from a customer's bank and try to elicit confidential information from them – has rocketed.

"In a social situation, I wouldn't just say, 'You're dangerously ill' but I'd try to elicit information and encourage them to see a doctor".

Several authors argued that counsellors should try to elicit counselees' needs and preferences at the outset, and to adapt their counselling accordingly (Michie et al, 1998; Bernhardt et al, 2000; Lobb et al, 2001).

Citing President-elect Obama, she said the United States had to "combine tough, direct, robust diplomacy with increased sanctions and pressure to try to elicit a change of course from the Iranian regime".