"equal to the effort" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where someone has put in an amount of effort that is appropriate for the task at hand. For example, "I put in an effort equal to the complexity of the project."
It gives you a reward that is exactly equal to the effort you put into it".
After surviving that scare, Peterborough threatened once more when George Boyd turned McCann's miscued shot goalwards but Martin was again equal to the effort.
Wallace, who had earlier escaped punishment for a high challenge on Jordan Clarke, went close with a long range strike for Burnley but Sky Blues keeper Joe Murphy was equal to the effort.
Two second-half free-kicks in quick succession offered the Gabonese opportunities to assert some control but Equatorial Guinea keeper Ovono was equal to the efforts from Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang and then Charlton's Frederic Bulot.
It took DuPont from 1992 to 2007, and an amount of research time equal to the efforts of 575 scientists over the course of a year, to begin making a polymer building block from corn syrup using genetically engineered bacteria, for example.
In equilibrium, workers' efforts are set equal to the minimum effort standard.
It was reported by the students that the time effort for the adaptation of the imported model was equal to the time effort for creation of the new model (two days).
Ameobi continued to bewilder the visiting defenders and he again combined well with Dyer but this time Marshall was equal to the latter's effort.
Though you may not get a response equal to the amount of effort it takes for you to follow through on this request, I promise you at some point down the road, you'll look back with an incredible feeling that you too, had your own Christmas miracle reveal itself in a most magical, unexpected way.
Leadbitter then spotted David Marshall off his line but the Cardiff goalkeeper was equal to the Middlesbrough captain's effort, tipping his shot over the bar.
The sign of each of the fourelasticity differences Δ ij = ε ̂ ij - ε ij (i,j = 1,2) is equal to the sign of thecorresponding effort elasticity ∂ ln h ̂ i / ∂ ln s j.
