Sentence examples for efforts to pick from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the state's efforts to pick technology winners have been patchy.

Her campaign is intent on combating Mr. Obama's efforts to pick off superdelegates.

For half an hour Bournemouth's attempts to hit Norwich on the break were as fruitless as the hosts' efforts to pick a way through the visitors' defence.

Despite General Allyn's efforts to pick a suitable pool, the challenge of empaneling a jury from the tight-knit community of leaders quickly became apparent.

Janeway and Jungen agreed that more public investment in science and technology was needed, but they were skeptical of official efforts to pick winners.

Can we really trace our appreciation for joyful music to the evolutionary advantage that optimism provided primitive man in his efforts to pick up primitive women?

Although he has long had designs on the White House, Mr. Gephardt, who is 59, decided not to take on Mr. Gore for the nomination this year so he could devote his efforts to picking up enough House seats to assure his becoming speaker.

ASEAN sees this as an effort to pick off its members one by one.

He had made the effort to pick up his pen and write a letter to me.

In pain, he raced after the ball holding his left arm but made no effort to pick it up.

He had to abandon many of his economic policies in an effort to pick up votes from Jaroslaw Kaczynski.