The part of a sentence "cease efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to stopping a certain action or to stop trying to do something. For example, "After many failed attempts to put out the fire, the fire brigade was forced to cease all efforts to contain the flames."
However, Mr. McAuliffe said he would consider New York only if Mr. Bloomberg agreed to cease efforts to court Republicans, a condition Mr. Bloomberg rejected, officials said.
Jones, who is based in Malta after the US embassy evacuated Tripoli in the summer, later announced to her 50,200 followers: "I have concluded it is best to cease efforts to communicate via Twitter".
Floridians of all parties should, in particular, demand that their combative Republican legislators cease efforts to subvert the will of the voters, should the renewed ballot count show that Mr. Gore won Florida.
As these companies continue to cease efforts in markets outside the Bay Area, one is left wondering what the market for organic food delivery really looks like.
I have concluded it is best to cease efforts to communicate via Twitter insofar as it distracts from our goal of peace & stability 4 — Safira Deborah (@SafiraDeborah)March 23 , 2015
In addition, identified contacts may not cooperate with public health officials and community health agents may cease efforts to engage uncooperative or threatening contacts.
Intriguingly, Mr. Icahn began adding to his stake in WebMD on Jan . 10 the day the company announced that it had ceased efforts to sell itself.
These efforts ended by 1993 as the International Paralympic Committee tried to carve out its own identity and largely ceased efforts for inclusion of disability sport on the Olympic programme.
Both imply a need to allow emotions to be present and cease any efforts to try to remove them.
Several of the scientists said they preferred not to speculate on when they might cease their efforts to find Dr. Gray.
"C.N. has also put William A. Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., on notice to cease any efforts to induce breaches of Mr. Harrison's contractual obligations to C.N".
