Sentence examples for effort to assert from inspiring English sources

Macedonians, Serbs, and Bulgarians, however, have established their own autocephalous Orthodox churches in an effort to assert the legitimacy of their national identities.

Special police units have moved into about 20 slums, called favelas, in an effort to assert government control and combat crime.

To complicate matters further Proton's management, in an effort to assert control, has signed vague letters of intent with carmakers including Peugeot and China's Chery.

In 1948, the Soviets cut off most road and rail access to the city's three western sectors, in an effort to assert their authority.

Mr. Zhou and some friends were planning to distribute T-shirts bearing Communist slogans such as "Labor is Sacred" in a cheeky effort to assert workers' rights.

As Richard N. Haass, a Brookings Institution scholar and former official in the Bush Administration, noted recently, any "effort to assert or expand U.S. hegemony will fail.

Her efforts to assert herself remained housebound.

So far their efforts to assert control have been of little consequence.

Early in his tenure, Zardari made several bold efforts to assert civilian authority over the military.

GNM will use reasonable efforts to assert the entrant's moral rights in the photograph.

Another challenge will be responding to China's stepped-up efforts to assert its claims to the disputed islands.