Example sentences of "be [verb] a [adj] effort [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Java to Iowa , dedicated farmers and gardeners have been making a mighty effort to secure our future food supply . |
| 2 | I do not want to go over that ground again ; suffice it to say that we accept the Secretary of State 's assurance that the Government are making a genuine effort to find a mechanism to implement Lord Cullen 's recommendation 30 . |
| 3 | Trimdon children are making a joint effort to improve wildlife in the countryside around their schools . |
| 4 | The citizens charter reform means that the Government are making a determined effort to move away from the era when the gentlemen in Whitehall always knew best towards a more open , accountable public service , striving to do better . |
| 5 | ‘ We are making a big effort to repair more cars on the roadside . |
| 6 | Drink : Street smart to lure finer wine seekers : The off-licence chains are making a big effort to catch the up-market customer , says Anthony Rose |
| 7 | It added that Serb sources said their opponents were making a major effort to capture Mount Caus , which dominates the area , but the Serbs were holding firm . |
| 8 | Where once you were making a conscious effort to cast long and accurately and were aware of the amount of punch you needed to put into the strike , you will find that with experience you begin to do these things quite naturally . |
| 9 | Many authorities were making a conscious effort to expand the social group from which their secondary pupils were drawn . |
| 10 | He had never physically hurt her , although there had been more than one occasion towards the end of their short , fraught marriage when he had looked as if he were making a huge effort to stop himself raising a hand to her . |
| 11 | And now particularly Ron Todd who 's of course the General Secretary of the biggest union in this country , is making a real effort to open things up and to try and get negotiations going , and we 're very hopeful that we 'll get some positive of response from that . |
| 12 | On the other hand , if you feel your debtor is making a reasonable effort to reduce his debt , then enter into an agreement with him for the payment of the remaining balance . |
| 13 | He is making a commendable effort to appear nonchalant and relaxed , despite the oversize top hat in his hand and the obtrusive stunted tree and rustic stile provided by the photographer , Mr. G. Diviani , in his Holloway Road studio opposite the Caledonian Church . |
| 14 | A pupil who is making a constant effort to use vision as fully as possible in school tasks may sometimes find this effort to be somewhat of an overload when his or her general level of well-being is low , for instance , when suffering from a cold or feeling particularly tired . |
| 15 | The estranged wife of the Marquis of Blandford says he 's making a real effort to get back on the straight and narrow . |
| 16 | He was making a tremendous effort to appear calm , if possible to be calm . |
| 17 | But the world was moving on , and national agendas were changing both in the United States and in Britain , a fact soon to be underlined by a British prime minister who was to make a conscious effort to grade Western Europe above the United States in Britain 's list of national priorities . |