Example sentences of "his good effort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the overlap in personnel is less than many commentators might suppose , the presence of Ian Paisley is such that , despite his best efforts to keep his roles as Church and Party leader distinct , the simplifications of unionist politics into just two parties has left the Church firmly associated with the DUP . |
| 2 | Despite his best efforts to concentrate power effectively within his own hands , the emphasis on local authority implicit in a system purporting to operate through the traditional rulers of a primitive country , which possessed nothing approaching a unitary state co-extensive with its official boundaries , inevitably meant that power would drain away from the centre towards the local administrator , who alone could claim the special knowledge of local conditions , and opportunity for intimate supervision , on which Indirect Rule implicitly depended . |
| 3 | The friend added : ‘ It 's terribly sad that , despite his best efforts , the speculation has intensified rather than diminished . |
| 4 | But only the very superior pugilists made the ultimate escapes and so it was in every boxing slave 's interest to wring out his best efforts on every occasion . |
| 5 | McLeod 's family placed a similarly strong emphasis on the value of education but failed , not because of the methods the parents chose to ram it home — on his own admission , they were not ‘ overstrict ’ — but because they set unachievable objectives for him ; nothing short of these objectives would satisfy and so there was no reward for his best efforts . |
| 6 | He has reserved his best efforts for West Indies , against whom his average is an impressive 24.90 , while he needs just one wicket for a century against old rivals Pakistan : |
| 7 | In ‘ Amongst Women ’ the women finally win through , break the father despite his best efforts to bully them and break their spirits . |
| 8 | And , as Wilson continued to point out , the seaman despite his best efforts and those of the union , was still much below his proper status . |
| 9 | Also , his best efforts did not seem sufficient to her . |
| 10 | Rusch de Farges , an ex-French gelding , won two of his six races last season both in soft ground and put up his best effort when beaten three lengths by Barnbrook Again at levels in the Arlington Chase Final over two and a half miles at Cheltenham last January . |
| 11 | Rusch de Farges , an ex-French gelding , won two of his six races last season both in soft ground and put up his best effort when beaten three lengths by Barnbrook Again at levels in the Arlington Chase Final over two and a half miles at Cheltenham last January . |
| 12 | His best effort came in the decider . |
| 13 | Oliver Sherwood 's gelding was a decent novice last season , putting up his best effort when second to Strong Gold at Newbury in March . |
| 14 | His best effort was well saved by Taglialatela , and Colin Clarke hit the bar in the 33rd minute . |
| 15 | His best effort was a second to Chief Celt at Towcester , when he was not fully wound up but he went great guns for Steve Smith-Eccles in a fast bit of work I watched on the Line gallop on Waterhall on Wednesday morning . |
| 16 | His four Test appearances returned him only 77 runs at 12.83 , with 37 at Old Trafford his best effort . |
| 17 | The three-year-old showed promise as a juvenile with his best effort probably being his length and a half second to Petardia in the Group Three Champagne Stakes at Doncaster . |
| 18 | But he probably posted his best effort in defeat when just shaded by Cambrian in a 23-runner Newmarket handicap on his final start . |