Sentence examples for a stepped-up effort from inspiring English sources

They also said that the subpoena did not reflect a departure from past practice or a stepped-up effort to go after journalists.

One other feature of this year's music season has been a stepped-up effort by the Recording Industry Association of America to combat piracy and bootlegging.

The planned move is part of a stepped-up effort by SCO to get payments from distributors and corporate users of Linux.

His election coincides with a stepped-up effort by the United States to root out the Taliban and Al Qaeda from the tribal areas.

The musical legend will be joined by several major acts in a stepped-up effort by ITV to beat the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in the ratings war.

The clear message is the need for a stepped-up effort to hold state officials electorally accountable for policies that harm women in states where right-wing Republicans control the machinery of government.

Barack Obama is to announce the stepped-up effort on Tuesday during a visit to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta amid alarm that the outbreak could spread and the deadly virus could mutate into a more easily transmitted disease.

Some religious leaders opposed to gay marriages see the stepped-up effort to embrace them, which began with a Feb. 12 directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom to issue the licenses, as a serious religious challenge.

The stepped-up effort may prove politically sensitive in an election year with both parties scrambling for voters in states where immigration issues are important, including Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

The study, the most comprehensive government effort to identify the direct costs of the stepped-up effort to deal with terrorism, did not seek to put a price tag on any war with Iraq.

This stepped-up effort is starting to bear fruit.