Sentence examples for efforts on retrieving from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, the Spanish government is expected to focus its efforts on retrieving the part of the trove that was left by Odyssey in storage in Gibraltar, a territory that has itself been at the heart of a lengthy sovereignty dispute between Spain and Britain.

The new World War II submarine drama "U-571," which focuses on the efforts to retrieve a Nazi code-making machine, the Enigma, from a German sub, brings to mind the Kurt Vonnegut line from "Slaughterhouse Five" about the Germans' cutting a better figure in their uniforms than the Americans, whose gear made them look like postmen.

In many ways the Russians' efforts to retrieve any survivors on the Kursk with a giant diving bell most closely resemble what happened after an American submarine, the Squalus, sank in 1939.

But government officials sought to reassure victims' families that efforts to retrieve the remains of their loved ones would continue.

Efforts to retrieve money placed with Mr Madoff by duped investors will drag on for years.

Portland was the first ship on the scene when the airship went down in 1933, and coordinated efforts to retrieve survivors.

She has ignored his efforts to retrieve them.

Their efforts to retrieve property were futile — and, sometimes, fatal.

Lorenzo then crashed out on lap eight after losing the front end at Goddards and, despite his frantic efforts to retrieve his bike, he was forced to retire.

But the past 70 years have brought new efforts to retrieve and organize what is left.

The order and its reversal occurred at a delicate moment in the administration's efforts to retrieve the aircraft.