Sentence examples for decent efforts from inspiring English sources

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Scoring three times from four decent efforts, Wenger suggested, was a 100-1 shot in this competition.

Stevan Jovetic in particular saw four decent efforts saved in the first half, with Silva, Sergio Agüero and James Milner also being denied by the goalkeeper.

Balotelli offered the only real spark in the first half for Italy, managing two decent efforts on goal, while the substitute Alberto Gilardino was lively in the second period.

He took up intelligent positions when not involved in build-up play and even in a very crowded penalty area he had one or two decent efforts on goal from balls supplied from the flanks.

Given the decent efforts of the conductor, Helmuth Rilling, and his forces, and indeed the chance to hear the piece at all, it is probably churlish to point out that this was not "The Seasons" it could have been.

The home team had the chances to open up a comfortable lead and Olivier Giroud will wonder how he did not manage to claim his 100th Arsenal goal after a series of decent efforts, while Walcott ought to have added more.

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Chavez hits a decent enough effort towards the top left, but it's a little high, and Hart had it covered anyway.

Banahan's try seven minutes from the end of normal time was a decent enough effort, sparked by Haskell's initial surge and a nicely timed run from Steve Borthwick that allowed him to take the ball at speed and fracture the Pumas' defensive line, but this isolated success was nowhere near sufficient to erase the memory of what had gone before.

Decent effort.

Still a decent effort.

A decent effort.

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