Example sentences of "[noun] have make a [adj] effort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japanese industry has made a real effort to reduce energy use and particularly to cut oil consumption . |
| 2 | The regulators have made a big effort to prevent KKR 's involvement openly breaching the famous walls between banking and commerce . |
| 3 | So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure . |
| 4 | In line with the recent emphasis on leisure in our society , libraries have made a concerted effort to attract young people . |
| 5 | Thus , the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to make a special effort in every budget to ensure that tax rates ( or thresholds ) are adjusted in line with inflation — unless , of course , he particularly wishes to increase the tax burden of these groups as part of his economic strategy . |
| 6 | People were slow to come out and if these people had made a concerted effort in the beginning it might have been different ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mr Major has made a special effort to patch up relations with Germany . |
| 10 | Where handwritten texts are at issue , it is often the case that the individual reproducing the text in a printed version has to make a considerable effort of interpretation to assign a value to some of the less legible words . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |