Example sentences of "make [art] [adj] effort " in BNC.

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1 More significantly , the Government yesterday made the biggest effort yet to defuse the row by saying the two Central Office officials ' visit had been cleared by the Tory chairman , Sir Norman Fowler , but Major himself had known nothing about it .
2 They reason that they might as well make the same effort journeying to meet the other people in person .
3 Jimbo himself had made the one effort that only a patient can make .
4 For him the attraction of skyline walking is obvious — once you have made the initial effort to climb the first peak , everything else that follows is usually progressively less strenuous .
5 Under emergency procedure I put in the words in the second line , after having made every reasonable effort to consult with the chief executive .
6 Japanese industry has made a real effort to reduce energy use and particularly to cut oil consumption .
7 During the last five months he has made a strenuous effort to get to know the area and the residents of this constituency of contrasts .
8 ‘ The United Cricket Board and politicians have made a tremendous effort to bring fairness into our system , and it was great that we were being supported by everybody . ’
9 He claims that after his departure no one seems to have made a serious effort to keep workers informed on the dangers of the process , and especially of the need to cool it .
10 She has also made a concerted effort to improve her knowledge .
11 In line with the recent emphasis on leisure in our society , libraries have made a concerted effort to attract young people .
12 People were slow to come out and if these people had made a concerted effort in the beginning it might have been different ’ .
13 We 've made a concerted effort in recent years to make the articles in our association magazine , Business Credit , relevant to the day-to-day problems credit and financial managers face , and to present the latest techniques and applications .
14 De Gaulle 's lucidity on this point was eventually justified by events , but not before the Americans had made a concerted effort to eliminate him as a political force .
15 The South African Area continues to work hard in support of both the Association and the RAF Benevolent Fund , and has made a special effort this year , the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain .
16 Mr Major has made a special effort to patch up relations with Germany .
17 In the poor north-eastern part of Brazil infant mortality went up by 20 per cent between 1982 and 1984 , even though the Brazilian government had made a special effort to establish more health-care facilities during the same period .
18 The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce .
19 An occasional treat or privilege for a child who has made a big effort to master a new skill or managed to give up a bad habit hardly comes into that category .
20 When jury selection commenced on Sept. 5 , the defence vainly made a last-minute effort to get the trial dismissed , alleging government breach of ethics because it had just learned that Noriega 's former lawyer , Raymond Takiff , who had advised him to surrender to US authorities in January 1990 , was at the time working secretly for federal authorities .
21 The company had not made a proper effort to place her in a comparable position in another store .
22 There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible .
23 So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure .
24 We 've made a determined effort to try to get more er drug addicts to come forward , to accept treatment and so on .
25 It is always so annoying when one has made a particular effort to check a point and something still goes wrong .
26 The YHA has also made a positive effort to accommodate disabled hostellers and welcomes enquiries from them .
27 Hence , during my time in post I have made a positive effort to spread the gospel of AI within at least the Engineering Branch .
28 The man made a sudden effort and the words tumbled out fast .
29 Just lately I have made a conscious effort to really look at the book .
30 Though the man and I have made a conscious effort not to follow the marked paths of our genders , this life , its setpieces , are clichés of gender in spite of our best intentions .
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