Sentence examples for in an effort to augment from inspiring English sources

Elissa Gootman (NYT) MANHATTAN: PRIVATE FLU VACCINE SOUGHT -- In an effort to augment short supplies of flu vaccine for the elderly and infirm, the New York City health commissioner, Dr. Neal L. Cohen, left, asked businesses yesterday to pitch in.

The company has licensed Palm OS to rival manufacturers like Sony and Handspring, in an effort to augment its hardware revenue and to fend off a challenge from hand-held equipment powered by Microsoft's operating system, Pocket PC.

Headliners Microsoft msft rose 2.2% after agreeing to buy closely held Entropic in an effort to augment its speech-recognition software products.

In an effort to augment the capabilities of existing diagnostic methodologies, the use of virus-specific DNA microarray technology has been recently applied in both research and clinical settings with favorable results.

A number of scaffolds have been used clinically in an effort to augment rotator cuff tendon-to-bone repair.

In an effort to augment the learning environment, course instructors proposed that students should have the option to use their own genotype data in classroom exercises.

The deals represent an effort to augment the product pipelines and bolster profits by MedImmune and Cephalon, which are two of the relatively small number of biotechnology companies that are profitable from product sales.

He would presumably have endorsed, and collaborated in, any reasonable effort to augment his income.

Discipline in society is as essential as a determined effort to augment production and secure its equitable distribution.

"The I.N.S. is now our first line of defense, and the New York district is overworked, understaffed and shell-shocked," said Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, an organizer of the effort to augment the New York office's work force.

The base chief, an agency veteran, had traveled to Afghanistan last year as part of the C.I.A.'s effort to augment its ranks in the war zone.