Example sentences of "efforts [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The convictions appeared to give new life to government efforts to combat corruption in the Chicago stock exchange following the failure in mid-1990 to secure convictions against three Swiss franc futures traders on most of the charges against them . |
| 2 | Today 's meeting of the TUC-unions — NUPE , Cohse , TGWU , GMB , and Nalgo — is likely to concentrate on efforts to sustain support for the action through the Christmas period . |
| 3 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 4 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |
| 5 | Farouq Qaddumi , head of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) delegation , told delegates that increased Jewish migration from the Soviet Union to the " occupied Arab territories " had led to " a slackening of international efforts to establish peace in the Middle East " . |
| 6 | The Pennsylvania contest was seen as crucial to the Republican Party 's efforts to regain control of the Senate in 1992 . |
| 7 | Renewed efforts to sell ordnance in the Netherlands , from 1629 , met with intense competition from Swedish suppliers and resulted in substantial losses , including the £12,000 Browne paid the king for the licence . |
| 8 | A great deal of money and time had been spent by the 13 political associations in their efforts to win approval from the government-appointed National Electoral Commission ( NEC ) . |
| 9 | IRELAND 'S South Donegal Railway Restoration Society received a major boost in its efforts to reopen part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 's narrow gauge system when it took possession of two of the railway 's few surviving passenger vehicles . |
| 10 | Despite the crudity of these yardsticks , it is clear that most authorities have been , and are making considerable efforts to give effect to the 1981 Act . |
| 11 | IBM must continue its efforts to match SNA to the International Standards Organization/open systems interconnection ( OSI ( standard adopted by many European companies already . |
| 12 | The Foreign Office stressed that Britain was continuing to focus its ‘ substantial ’ efforts to fly aid into the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and to escort convoys on the ground . |
| 13 | The campaign began after the suicide of Sueb Makasthien , the sanctuary 's former director , who is believed to have taken his life because his efforts to ensure protection for the area were continually frustrated by corrupt officials . |
| 14 | Expenses multiplied under Bell 's efforts to seize control from the society 's members . |
| 15 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 16 | But on Thursday , the council 's recreation committee ruled that Mr Goddard 's claims for compensation should be shelved in the name of ‘ artistic integrity ’ Coun. Mrs Dot Long , committee chairman , said : ‘ Mr Goddard has acted perfectly properly in his negotiations with the ESC in his efforts to maximise income for the Civic Theatre in the present difficult economic climate . |
| 17 | Osbern returned to Canterbury , not to make peace by abandoning his efforts to get recognition for the despised saints , but to gain recognition for them by writing their biographies . |
| 18 | Appraisals of their Specially Promoted Programmes , Co-operative Research Grants and Teaching Companies Schemes , the Integrated Graduate Development Scheme , and the balance between academic research and industrial research on materials technology have been completed , as well as an assessment of the effectiveness of the Council 's efforts to transfer knowledge of the results of its research projects to industry . |
| 19 | The successful programme of asset sales and swaps in 1992 and 1993 has further focused our business , and we will continue our efforts to add value from the considerable investments made in the North Sea . |
| 20 | Having assured himself of his party 's nomination , Clinton appeared to increase his efforts to seek support beyond the usual constituency of his party . |
| 21 | Taiwo Oruene , of New Cavendish Street , London , took the Faculty of Advocates to an industrial tribunal in Edinburgh alleging that it discriminated against her because of her racial origin and colour in her efforts to gain membership of the Scottish bar . |
| 22 | Preoccupied with efforts to gain redress from the ministry , however , Bellingham had abandoned his family and moved to London . |
| 23 | The treaty , similar to those already signed by France with Poland [ see p. 38162 ] and Hungary [ see p. 38449 ] , pledged French support for Czechoslovakia 's efforts to gain association with the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 24 | His efforts to make progress with the tubercle bacillus came to a standstill until he tackled its tough ( lipid ) capsule . |
| 25 | The first efforts to bring videodisc to the consumer market flopped badly . |
| 26 | Barbara Jackson of Kodak UK was very pleased with the way the efforts to bring photography to the classroom had gone , and is very keen to keep this sort of working dialogue with schools going . |
| 27 | After thirty years of British rule , observed the distinguished scholar-administrator Henry Fosbrooke , they displayed none of the distressing symptoms of that ‘ soul erosion ’ , defined by him as a ‘ deterioration in obedience to existing moral standards , a falling off in observance of organized religion , a lack of purpose in life ’ , which seemed so often to be the result of British efforts to bring civilization to the African . |