Sentence examples for a clear effort from inspiring English sources

It is also a clear effort to put his opponent, Vice President Al Gore, to shame.

So is his recent cozying up to Iran's repressive government — a clear effort to spite his American critics.

On Thursday, the two will meet at the White House in a clear effort to bring Bernie into the fold.

Airlines have cut the commissions of travel agents in half in a clear effort to eliminate their former business partners.

Mr. Bush's comments today, as the nation continued to bomb Afghanistan, were a clear effort to revive it.

The moves are a clear effort on the part of Germany to challenge China's dominant position in production of the metals.

In what seemed a clear effort to sidestep the mistakes of postwar Iraq, there was no rush to send foreign troops to Libya.

This is… There has been a clear effort to jerk the nation into realizing how close it is to the edge.

Behind the gimmickry, though, was a clear effort to mature a customer who at some point will have to pull up his waistband and get a job.

"I still find it highly unlikely but not impossible," Mr. Hargrove added, "because there really is a clear effort to do it at all three".

"The Republicans' claims are a clear effort to disrupt and delay the process," said John Hardin Young, a lawyer for the Democratic Party.