Example sentences of "efforts [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't have much control over what the magistrate 's court committee do , as we could tell from our efforts to appeal against the closure of some other magistrate 's courts erm , anybody else on this subject , I 'll put this to the vote , really since it 's a technicality . |
| 2 | Other IWC members expressed " deep concern " at the unilateral nature of the decision , warning that it undermined the Commission 's efforts to agree on the details of the RMP . |
| 3 | As the Doctor continued his efforts to communicate with the slaves , Blake noticed the Galks talking to the Cun . |
| 4 | From the 1880s the richer members of the Jewish community made extensive and largely successful efforts to provide for the influx of destitute refugees from the Russian pogroms . |
| 5 | Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem . |
| 6 | ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn has been helping efforts to deal with the flooding in Connecticut . |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago received a great deal of international support in its efforts to deal with the July coup attempt . |
| 8 | Diplomatic efforts to deal with the refugee crisis were complicated by lack of consensus among the countries most directly affected . |
| 9 | Members of WACC 's Latin American/Caribbean Regional Association ( WACC-LA/C ) are increasing their efforts to press for the legalisation and development of community radios throughout the region . |
| 10 | ‘ We do not support the pursuit of this issue in public argument and we will be committing our efforts to campaign for the recall of the Scottish parliament , to stop water privatisation and to achieve independence in Europe . ’ |
| 11 | 3 , We do not support the pursuit of this issue in public argument and we will be committing our efforts to campaign for the recall of the Scottish parliament , to stop water privatisation and to achieve independence in Europe . |
| 12 | Or had her efforts to get to the bottom of the rue Roland mystery taken an unexpected toll on her ? |
| 13 | Burglars who broke into the Spennymoor Leisure Centre were thwarted in their efforts to break into the bar . |
| 14 | Where Leopold was uninterested in territorial gains Joseph spent much of his life in often fruitless efforts to add to the Habsburg power in Germany , Italy , Poland or the Balkans . |
| 15 | Common lawyers detested the right of benefit of clergy , and made strenuous efforts to legislate against the practice in the parliaments of 1512 and 1515 . |
| 16 | It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area . |
| 17 | It was reported that Samater , the outgoing Prime Minister , was reappointed only after the failure of efforts to bring into the post someone from the Issak tribe , whose appointment could suggest some degree of reconciliation in the civil war . |