Example sentences of "effort [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to see a real effort to include consumer views . |
| 2 | The real criminals , the statement suggested , were the North Korean President Kim Il Sung and his son , Kim Jong Il , who allegedly ordered the bombing in an effort to disrupt Seoul 's hosting of the 1988 Olympics Games . |
| 3 | Their numbers in further and higher education colleges in the UK alone were estimated in 1985 to be more than 55,000 , representing remarkable progress even by comparison with the situation 15 years earlier when none but a few pioneering colleges made any special effort to accommodate students with disabilities or learning difficulties . |
| 4 | I think er in an effort to accommodate Mr Chairman , the members here this evening , it 's been quite a long day , the the Conservative amendment is very close to the amendment that both er myself and Mr have put in and yes we would be willing to accept that , I think we 've got the point across which the only thing missing from the Conservative amendment is the thing about the airport money . |
| 5 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 6 | Edwards ( 1979 , 16 ) , for example , characterises the situation as one where for most of the twentieth century management have met ‘ chronic resistance to their effort to compel production ’ and consequently ‘ have attempted to organize production in such a way as to minimise opportunities for resistance and even to alter workers ’ perceptions of the desirability of opposition ’ . |
| 7 | His comments suggested a co-ordinated effort to plant explosives in India 's two largest cities . |
| 8 | Overcrowded gallery walls and cluttered showcases demand significant ‘ muscular effort to see objects well , ’ as Gilman explained . |
| 9 | He went so far as to bang on the door of Evert 's home in an effort to see Steffi . |
| 10 | The Vietnamese Prime Minister , Vo Van Kiet , on March 26 announced a ban on the export of all raw and sawn timber in an effort to conserve forests . |
| 11 | The Vietnamese Prime Minister , Vo Van Kiet , has announced a ban on the export of all raw and sawn timber in an effort to conserve forests . |
| 12 | ‘ I can manage , ’ she said firmly , shaking her head in an effort to banish images which frightened her , but enthralled her as well . |
| 13 | Thomson Holidays , Britain 's biggest package holiday company , this week made a fresh effort to stimulate bookings for winter holidays by cutting prices on 100,000 holidays . |
| 14 | And he called on the Planning Office to designate ‘ Office Development Areas ’ in the north of the city in an effort to stimulate employment . |
| 15 | Zambia is one of the countries in which the government has made an effort to sustain expenditure on education and its share in GDP has not actually fallen . |
| 16 | Argentina and Brazil , in an effort to promote capital partnership and joint actions , agreed that bi-national companies should receive the same treatment as national capital companies . |
| 17 | BellSouth Corp , Atlanta says it is forming a strategic marketing alliance in major metropolitan areas in an effort to promote ISDN : the alliance will cover all facets of Integrated Services Digital Network , including customer premises equipment hardware and software . |
| 18 | In an effort to promote sports coaching further , the National Coaching Foundation , in association with the four Sports Councils in the United Kingdom , has produced two colourful posters , ‘ Come Into Coaching ’ and ‘ Coaching Makes a Difference ’ , both of which are available free of charge . |
| 19 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 20 | As part of the agreement ( i ) the 250,000-tonne buffer stock of cocoa beans ( bought in an effort to support prices ) would be frozen for two years ; ( ii ) the levy of US$30 paid by producers on their exports and by consumers on imports from non-ICCO countries would be abolished from April 15 ; ( iii ) producers undertook to attempt to repay the accumulated arrears on levy payments ( amounting to US$140,000,000 ) ; and ( iv ) some of the buffer stock could be sold to raise funds . |
| 21 | There are some twenty-two indigenous Indian languages spoken in these communities , and the government has made little effort to support education in these mother tongues . |
| 22 | Indeed , it has already done so , as evidenced by the Community 's co-ordination of the Western effort to support reform in East Europe . |
| 23 | The ceremony was widely regarded as an effort to restore Prussia 's regional identity after its suppression during the years of communist rule in the former East Germany , and simultaneously to dissociate Frederick the Great from the Nazi Party , which had revered his military power . |
| 24 | The suspension of all social security payments was only to be temporary , part of a national effort to restore confidence in the pound . |
| 25 | The Oil Ministry announced on March 6 that damage assessment was under way and that it had embarked on a large-scale rehabilitation effort to restore buildings , pipelines and damaged reservoirs . |
| 26 | Right well erm I I believe er that we should make every effort to preserve marriages erm and thinking especially of the suffering that 's involved fm for children . |
| 27 | So absorbed was Massalia in her effort to remain Greek — and aristocratic — that , to all appearances , she never organized any exploration of the interior of Gaul , and never transmitted any precise knowledge of Celtic institutions and customs to the other Greeks . |
| 28 | Emily 's voice was quiet and measured , as though she were making an effort to remain calm . |
| 29 | She had returned to bed and Belinda could see that she was making an enormous effort to remain calm . |
| 30 | ‘ I have phoned you — twice — but there was no reply , ’ Lucy protested , making an effort to remain calm . |