Example sentences of "make a deliberate effort " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a deliberate effort to relax : they would both have blown up if they had had to sit like that all evening , she thought . |
| 2 | The Chancellor also made a deliberate effort to show that while he recognises the dangers of a rising public sector borrowing requirement , his first priority is to avoid blighting the economic recovery by raising taxes too far and too fast . |
| 3 | I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing . |
| 4 | Make a deliberate effort to develop enjoyable leisure activities and hobbies . |
| 5 | As Rostov watched , he seemed to make a deliberate effort to compose himself . |