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

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1 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 .
2 Japanese industry has made a real effort to reduce energy use and particularly to cut oil consumption .
3 It is always so annoying when one has made a particular effort to check a point and something still goes wrong .
4 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 .
5 Mr Major has made a special effort to patch up relations with Germany .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Each age and each individual has to make the imaginative effort to appropriate the religious tradition and make it their own , as Julian did .
10 Under emergency procedure I put in the words in the second line , after having made every reasonable effort to consult with the chief executive .
11 With the inevitable increase in office rent , rates , postage , telephone and stationery etc. it is obvious that we shall all have to make a great effort to overcome this problem .
12 They will have to make a conscious effort to treat the assessment of need as a separate exercise from consideration of the service response .
13 She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length .
14 You 're having to make a conscious effort to be detached , are n't you ?
15 they may not feel open to accepting that person into the family , very aware of having to make a conscious effort to put aside prejudices and stereotypes in order to get to know , like and accept him or her .
16 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 .
17 Donaldson side-stepped to avoid two solicitors in conversation , youngish men who seemed to have made a conscious effort to propel themselves into a facsimile of late middle-age .
18 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 .
19 We 've made a determined effort to try to get more er drug addicts to come forward , to accept treatment and so on .
20 People were slow to come out and if these people had made a concerted effort in the beginning it might have been different ’ .
21 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 .
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 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 .
24 Graham was standing by his window , staring out over the roof of the Comet Building across the street , and when Mike saw who was sitting at Graham 's desk , he had to make a strong effort not to show his surprise .
25 She had to make a determined effort not to look back .
26 In line with the recent emphasis on leisure in our society , libraries have made a concerted effort to attract young people .
27 ‘ 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 . ’
28 So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure .
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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