The phrase "devote great efforts" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when speaking about putting in a significant amount of time, energy, and effort into something. Example: She devoted great efforts to helping the community.
Blending philosophy, psychology, personal anecdote, movies, literature and neuroscience, How We Are shows vividly how remaining stuck in our ruts – "saming", Deary calls it – isn't merely a failure to act, but something to which we subconsciously devote great effort.
People who come from backgrounds suffused with love, praise, and security often have the ability to dismiss criticism out of hand; people who don't, especially if they're as smart as Rove, often devote great effort to building structures of refutation.
We often have multiple ends in view in particular activities, ends not plausibly delineated by a single particular sphere of activity; for example, a high school student may devote great effort to developing his abilities in football both for the sense of accomplishment and pleasure he receives from excelling in competition in the sport and also in order to win a scholarship to college.
"The European commission should phase out all land-based biofuels by 2030 and devote greater efforts to promoting sustainable renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal and tidal".
It was only in 2010 when the Chinese government suddenly decided to attend and devote greater efforts to the development of ECE, thereby donning 'Cinderella' as the 'beloved princess.' Such a sudden change in ECE policy has provoked public interest and curiosity, both nationally and internationally.
The western regions, with their weak economic foundations, should devote greater efforts to promoting the comprehensive and coordinated development of medical education in different areas.
UNICEF should devote greater efforts to using radio as a news medium and target popular AM radio as well as the other main national broadcasters.
In response to the Haaretz report, the Israeli military said in a statement that it "maintains an ongoing, professional dialogue with the community leadership and security personnel throughout Judea and Samaria while devoting great efforts to training local forces and preparing them to deal with any possible scenario".
In a statement the IDF said: "The IDF maintains an ongoing, professional dialogue with the community leadership and security personnel throughout Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] while devoting great efforts to training local forces and preparing them to deal with any possible scenario.
For decades, scientists have devoted great efforts to improve the efficiency of IC engines in deliberating of many different approaches.
