Sentence examples for efforts at independence from inspiring English sources

True, he made fledgling efforts at independence, at travel and an enlargement of experience.

At the time, Japan relied heavily on imported energy; but when the oil shocks of the 1970s sent energy prices soaring, Japan responded with what was probably the first sustained national effort at energy independence.

The village councils reflect India's concerted effort to broaden the democracy that its elites established at independence.

"She's meaningful in that she made bold efforts for independence while still a student, and female," says Ko ah-ra, a guide at the small museum.

At independence, East Timor was devastated.

At independence it felt good.

Eritrea was rewarded for its efforts with independence from Ethiopia after a referendum in 1993.

At independence, South Sudan was extremely fragile.

—Male, age 68 However, the remaining older men did not emphasize their efforts toward independence.

An ethnic veto has long made the central government ineffective and, most recently, Milorad Dodik, the leader of the Serb-controlled entity Republika Srpska, has responded to efforts at reform with a threat to hold a referendum on independence.

The Western-leaning president of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, will find himself offered a new deal within Yugoslavia that will be aimed at blunting the effort toward independence.