Sentence examples for hold efforts from inspiring English sources

Ms. Kumaratunga's actions put on hold efforts to restart stalled peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who have been fighting for an ethnic Tamil homeland for two decades.

Soon after, Forster held efforts from both Messi and then Iniesta from outside the box as Barcelona upped the ante yet further.

The partial own-resource elasticities, ε ii = ∂ lny i /∂  lns i, consist of only the direct effect, holding effort fixed.

The 'partial' effect of anincrease in school quality is given by the vertical shift of the production functionat point A (i.e., holding effort fixed at its initial optimal level).

However, the partial effect on achievement (holding effort constant) isalso important, since it provides knowledge of education production functionparameters and the mechanisms through which an intervention works (or why it doesnot work).

Mr. Abbas pledged to hold off efforts to upgrade the Palestinian role in international organizations for the nine months allotted for the talks.

It is unclear what the immediate ramifications of replicating the SB5 language would be, though some say it could hold up efforts to repeal the law.

The chief of staff, Abdul Karim Khurram, expressed his views in a rare interview a day after Pakistan canceled a visit by a top American envoy, Marc Grossman, throwing into disarray his efforts to hold talks on peace efforts with regional leaders.

Put simply, it is holding back efforts to end poverty.

In America, powerful unions have been holding back efforts to restructure ailing industries.

The scarcity of power lines is holding up efforts to generate electricity from sun and wind.These problems have two causes, the smaller of which is lack of money.