Sentence examples for effort directed at from inspiring English sources

Years of coverup ensued, with the state's primary effort directed at indicting inmates only.

With all this effort directed at childhood obesity, along comes a report saying that progress against teenage smoking has stalled.

The sanctions have also restricted the importation of luxury goods, an effort directed at the country's ruling elite.

A massive grassroots effort directed at convincing the European parliament to change its mind resulted in defeat of the directive.

Meanwhile, Emily's List has an effort directed at women just outside the New York City media market.

These cuttings or thinnings are made to improve the existing stand of trees, to regulate growth, and to provide early financial returns, without any effort directed at regeneration.

We advocate the urgent need to expand efforts directed at the methodological challenges and discuss the direction of applications in this field.

Rather, they have produced the first widespread legislative and diplomatic efforts directed at containing scientific advance.

In his sermon, Patriarch Kirill praised the law and spoke of "great efforts" directed at thwarting it.

The NYPD famously embarked on an expansive dragnet of surveillance efforts directed at the city's Muslim residents in the wake of 9/11.

But the Gates Foundation is now largely ending its oversight and support for AIDS prevention in India, just as efforts directed at prostitutes are becoming much more difficult.