Sentence examples for daunting efforts from inspiring English sources

"If the situation in Libya isn't resolved, Tunisia will remain under attack," admits the 73-year-old leader, who is now personally involved in daunting efforts to bring about a political accord between Libya's two rival governments.

It was unclear, too, whether the daunting effort downtown would stretch the availability of construction workers.

Back in June 1998, he came to Washington and picked up the dinner tab for 500 guests from the business and political communities, kicking off a daunting $44 million effort with a $2 million donation of his own.

It is daunting how much effort was required to dig out these discrepancies, and it's revealing that it required a truly independent review to find them.

Given that the city has already postponed the $24 million a year Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani committed to the project over a decade, and the increasing difficulty in raising philanthropic dollars, Mr. Crawford faces a daunting fund-raising effort.

The challenge of learning how to operate the wheelchair in a variety of environments and conquer accessibility obstacles was daunting and often discouraged efforts to participate in prior activities.

The expense and effort seemed daunting.

Economists say Mr. Rajan, and his boss, the recently reappointed finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, face daunting challenges in their effort to revive the slowing economy, which is expected to post growth of 5.5 percent this year, down from an average of 7.7 percent a year over the last decade.