Sentence examples for in an effort to fix from inspiring English sources
The Security Council brought in oil-for-food in an effort to fix the embargo's manifest shortcomings.
Federal regulators brokered the sale of three troubled lenders in Puerto Rico late Friday in an effort to fix the commonwealth's broken banking system.
Barry Bonds was re-indicted Tuesday by the federal authorities in an effort to fix the original indictment in his perjury case.
If 2008 was the year when the flaws in the old model became painfully clear, 2009 is likely to be the one when governments embrace re-regulation in an effort to fix it.
States hit hard by the recession across the country have been tinkering with their pension programs in recent years in an effort to fix long-term financing problems as millions of baby boomers reach retirement.
Agnew agreed that some academy chains had been allowed to grow too quickly, with the DfE having recently barred several chains from taking on the management of more schools in an effort to fix the problem.
Marshall Rose, a civic-minded real-estate developer on Lincoln Center's board, was put in charge of an effort to fix up the complex.
"What started out as an effort to fix a hole in our revenue stream became a much more profound opportunity for us to increase our services and grow in new ways," Mr. Fife said.
"We are going to give them sweets!" The 70 or so volunteers, from local churches, mosques, youth groups and scout troops, are taking part in a nationwide effort to fix a problem that could rob thousands of people of a chance to have their say in 7 May's general election.
On air, Gardner lamented that recent U.S. Senate actions on healthcare were not bipartisan, and he wants Democrats to join him in a bipartisan effort to fix the health care system in America--even though Gardner was a leader of a completely partisan and secretive GOP strategy to kill Obamacare in the U.S. Senate.
