Example sentences of "has 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 .
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