Sentence examples for Initiated an effort from inspiring English sources

In the 19th century its use was widely promoted by the British, who initiated an effort at standardization.

In 2010 the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation APSFF) initiated an effort to reduce medication errors in the operating room environment.

Quy Nhon recently initiated an effort to protect and expand a mangrove forest in an urban lagoon adjacent to land that is in the flood plains, but is also targeted for urban growth.

[Associated Press] The federal Fish and Wildlife Service has initiated an effort to determine if the lesser prairie chicken, a bird whose range covers the western plains of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, is endangered.

But more than a year after military officials initiated an effort to replace the armor with thicker, more resistant plates, tens of thousands of soldiers are still without the stronger protection because of a string of delays in the Pentagon's procurement system.

In response, Philadelphia initiated an effort this summer that offers "one-stop shopping" in local outreach centers to help people get all the assistance they need — with food, housing, job training, financial counseling, child care and other services — in one place.

The board fired Ms. Bartz in September, finally initiating an effort — one many analysts and investors say is too late in coming — to lift its fortunes.

Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, said, "It still looks to me like your reaction is going to be to first blame the consumer, rather than to initiate an effort to examine whether product shortcomings are part of this as well".

This means initiating an effort to find a political solution that could bring an end to the four-year conflict in Syria and a much more serious effort by the anti-Daesh coalition to stop the spread of Islamist coalition forces.

"We want a free, transparent and fair election," he said, "we need to forestall a deepening of the sectarian divide". 5. (C) After the March 7 elections, Sinirlioglu said, Turkey would initiate an effort to connect Iraqi gas fields to the Turkish grid via a 300 kilometer pipeline, costing USD 500 million.

Because of the United Nations arms inspections, however, Iraq is lagging behind and would take 10 years from initiating an effort to posing a missile threat to the United States.