Sentence examples for decisive efforts from inspiring English sources

Still, "the Olympics gives us the perfect pretext to push ahead, in reforming the cities, in making more and more decisive efforts in reducing poverty," said Mr. de Souza, the political analyst.

Following talks on Thursday night, EU leaders called for a "substantial and sustainable reduction of the number of illegal entries from Turkey" and "further decisive efforts" from it on the action plan.

Both players were ready to commit themselves to any reasonable chance even when failure was likely to lead to a few minutes in the non-striker's chair, as decisive efforts of 83 and 64 from Stevens, separated by 99 from McCulloch, saw the gap reduced to a single frame.

The decisive efforts to rescue the Yazidis prove that the U.S. remains the undisputed global leader in humanitarian response.

The goal proved to be the decisive effort as the Red Wings pulled one back late.

A rapid and decisive effort, says the OECD, would be less costly than letting the problems persist.But such a move would require a revolutionary change in the way China's banks and enterprises operate, otherwise the problems will soon reappear.

A bang-up job would have featured pushing through a bigger stimulus; imposing harsher terms on bailed out banks; passing a broader "Volcker Rule" with the intent of breaking up financial behemoths; and making a decisive effort to resolve the housing crisis.

The 127km race looked to have panned out perfectly for Armitstead until the final kilometre, as she had remained vigilant and close to the head of affairs until the very last ascent of the short steep pull up to Mirador, where she made what she hoped would be the decisive effort in response to an initial surge by Johansson.

Winger Ismail's decisive effort flew into the bottom corner from outside the box, giving Barry Roche no chance.

Sunderland failed to create a decisive effort on the visitors' goal as their winless run extended to eight league matches.

I believe that we must clearly identify the guilty parties and make a responsible and more decisive effort to ensure that the situation in this area finally takes a more positive direction for women.