The phrase "concrete efforts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe specific, tangible actions taken to achieve a goal or objective.
Example: "The organization has made concrete efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by implementing sustainable practices."
Alternatives: "tangible actions" or "specific measures."
Concrete efforts to create a European patent began in earnest in the mid-1970s.
"If they do not turn into concrete efforts, they turn bitter and dissipate.
"If we don't make concrete efforts," he said, "the future local population will speak Japanese, Chinese or Korean".
Mr. Karzai promised to make concrete efforts to reduce corruption and find a way to end the fighting in his country, echoing pledges in the past.
There, poor nations agreed to fight corruption and improve governance, and rich nations committed to "make concrete efforts" toward giving 0.7percentt of their national income in aid.
They agreed (the United States among them) to "urge the developed countries that have not done so to make concrete efforts towards the target of 0.7% of GNP as ODA [official development assistance] to developing countries".
The moves by Mr. Brock in recent weeks make his the most concrete effort so far on the part of Democratic activists to establish some kind of centralized structure that they hope will become the left's answer in 2012 to such groups on the right as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Crossroads and others, which significantly outspent Democratic-leaning outside groups this year.
The concrete effort of course depends on the particular operation, with multiplication and division being quite expensive examples.
However, to date no concrete effort has been put in place to assess the quality and quantity of the potable water in the area.
It has been long acknowledged that successfully defeating ISIS necessitates a concrete effort to discredit radical "jihadist" terrorist ideology.
"The fact that they made a concrete effort to hire a trans person for the role is also unprecedented for a media organization of its kind," she said.
