The phrase "actual effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the genuine or real effort put into a task or activity, often in contrast to perceived or minimal effort.
Example: "The project was challenging, but the team's actual effort made a significant difference in its success."
Alternatives: "genuine effort" or "real effort".
Bribe middle-school teachers and tutors who might otherwise judge your child based on actual effort.
The Effort Tracking System is a centralized repository of information on personnel's committed effort, actual effort and other activities.
One wonders if this represents an actual effort to reset or merely an effort to appear to be doing so.
But making sourdough at home is not expensive at all and, while it demands patience, it requires little actual effort.
The finding is also reinforced by our more specific analysis of the importance of such motives in determining the actual effort invested in OSS projects.
Her observations suggest that it is only the actual effort that engages the brain's motor pathways and delivers the learning benefits of handwriting.
It's still unclear which candidates will choose to compete in the straw poll and mount actual efforts to attract Iowans.
John Morton, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, challenged Mr. Smith's view, calling it "a misleading picture of the facts and a disservice to our actual efforts".
Imagine Coexistence is filled with illustrative examples from violent ethnic conflicts, such as those that occurred in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which present the scope of actual efforts undertaken by the Imagine Coexistence Project.
But the committee, based in Norway, stressed that it made its decision based on Mr. Obama's actual efforts toward nuclear disarmament as well as American engagement with the world relying more on diplomacy and dialogue.
The complaint, filed by Fred Karger, founder of the group Californians Against Hate, asserted that the church's reported contributions — about $5,000, according to state election filings — vastly underestimated its actual efforts in passing Proposition 8, which amended the state's Constitution to recognize only male-female marriage.
