Sentence examples for efforts on changing from inspiring English sources
In May, Swarthmore College in the US, the birthplace of the fossil fuel divestment movement, made the shock decision not to divest from any fossil fuels, stating that it would focus its environmental efforts on changing consumption habits.
A front-page article in The Des Moines Register after the first day of Mr. McCain's bus trip here focused on his defending his efforts on changing immigration laws.
While some students seem intent on changing the world with ambitious projects tackling international tobacco sales, homelessness and other major problems, others hone their advocacy efforts on changing the world of medicine.
Our world is littered with both physical and digital garbage, and we need to encourage anyone in a creative, innovative setting to focus their efforts on changing culture for the better.
In such environments, it may be more useful to focus prevention efforts on changing employee perceptions about the acceptability of drinking during or around working hours". The researchers surveyed 1,353 blue-collar and service workers (including 236 women) employed in 52 work units and represented by seven different unions in the manufacturing, service and construction sectors.
In 1986 the NCCS, a grass-roots organisation, was established which focused efforts on changing national cancer policy.
As public health efforts focus on changing physical activity behaviors among children and adolescents, research may increasingly focus on change in physical activity behavior and its determinants.
Rauch said that a definitive stance on gay people and marriage is not likely to be forthcoming, but in recognizing the church is not going to change its fundamental standpoint any time soon, he thinks that the pope has refocused efforts instead on changing its priorities so that "gay people are lower on the list of things the church is going to moralize about".
Traditional and new structures might potentially serve as focal entry points for future preventive actions, where prevention efforts should focus on changing underlying masculine ideals and gender relations that promote and maintain concurrent and temporary sexual relationships as well as other high-risk behaviours.
The effort has focused on changing the culture of the union, so that officials and the rank and file are encouraged not only to abide by the law but also to report wrongdoing.
