Sentence examples for efforts at maintaining from inspiring English sources

But her careful efforts at maintaining the character's British accent give her delivery a studied quality that undercuts the slangy lyrics and offhand melodies of the songs.

Mr. Milosevic's violent efforts at maintaining a Serb-dominated Yugoslavia had predated Mr. Clinton's arrival in the White House, but now he was on the verge of being forced out on the last days of Mr. Clinton's watch.

We all know it's been a tough environment for newspapers (witness the decline of my beloved LA Times), and I hope, since your successor views your paper as a worthy substitute for religion, that she will bring a similar religious-like fervor to her efforts at maintaining and growing your product.

Our efforts at maintaining harmony slacken.

In the long run, we are not going to change people through our efforts at maintaining power over them.

Others see the country's efforts at maintaining friendly relations with Syria and Iran as an attempt to establish a network of allies against the West.

Drapeau says AOL's transition into an ad-supported web business leaves little room for any real effort at maintaining and evolving the Netscape Browser.

Has it joined efforts aimed at maintaining high workplace standards?

Additionally, the cells spend excessive resources on efforts aimed at maintaining cellular homeostasis (e.g., remodeling the cellular membrane or re-ordering metabolic priorities) and on mechanisms to counteract cell death (Dolganiuc et al. 2012; Donohue and Thomes 2014).

Further NAVA level increases then lead to respiratory effort adjustments aimed at maintaining this optimal PaCO2 value, but do not change VT [ 20].

Third, efforts should be focused at maintaining appropriate habitat and vegetation structure and complexity.