"clever effort" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in a sentence to describe a person's or group's intelligent and skillful attempt to accomplish something. Example: The students put in a clever effort to complete their science project, using creative techniques and problem-solving skills to overcome challenges.
Even some rivals, such as Royal Dutch/ Shell, are now following BP's lead.So was this a clever effort to seize yet another "first-mover advantage" over his rivals?
He has since said that the amendment was actually a clever effort to sabotage the bill, which included a path to legalization, and prevent it from being passed.
Mr. Gehry's clever effort to take both sides mirrors in many respects this city's struggle over how to manage growth and its most nettlesome consequence, sprawl.
Robert Lewandowski went close to adding another goal late in the game when he hit the post with a low shot but Thomas Müller slotted in with a clever effort from a tight angle in stoppage time for Bayern's third.
But conservation -- saving energy by using it more efficiently -- can also make a huge difference, and for Mr. Cheney to imply otherwise simply reinforces the suspicion that his strategy is little more than a clever effort to sell the country on the need for more drilling.
The midfielder's clever effort found the bottom corner on 26 minutes, lighting up a contest low on thrills.
Given its clever efforts to cater to local tastes (menus offer congee and egg tarts) and its successful recovery from the SARS crisis, it should rebound.Still, it will not be easy.
While Kennett carefully describes in excruciating detail all of Sherman's flaws -- contradictory positions, occasional sloppiness in tactical readiness and clever efforts to improve his own image at the expense of rivals -- he gives the controversial ravager grudging respect in curtailing rather than expanding the killing of desperate and outnumbered Confederate soldiers.
The document also lists "compromise/disclosure of sensitive information" as a possible threat, which is probably a tribute to the work of Edward Snowden and his clever efforts to collect sensitive data from within the NSA.
His clever efforts had prompted a former congressman, a U.S. senator, and the Pennsylvania legislature to lobby for him to receive a medal upgrade -- until his fraud was uncovered.
The team is triggering a manufacturing run when they sell 10,000 units, a clever marketing effort.
