The phrase 'lagging effort' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe an effort that is not achieving the desired result or has slowed down in progress. For example, "Although we have made some progress on this project, our lagging effort has caused us to fall behind schedule."
"It was doomed to fail," said Hlabekisa Mncwango, the acting station commissioner in KwaMashu, of the lagging effort to upgrade the performance of officers here.
That calls into doubt the adequacy of the euro zone's latest attempt to placate the markets, the lagging effort to bolster the $605 billion European Financial Stability Facility to $1.4 trillion or to find other funding.
WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain's presidential campaign is in a troubled stretch, hindered by resignations of staff members, a lagging effort to build a national campaign organization and questions over whether he has taken full advantage of Democratic turmoil to present a case for his candidacy, Republicans say.
The country's lagging efforts to privatize state assets are also on the agenda.
But many economists say they expect Europe to fall behind over the next year because of lagging efforts to repair a damaged banking system in key countries like Germany, and sharply rising unemployment.
So far 151 countries have committed to implementing the recommendations, but a recent report from the IMF and World Bank says countries' action on the anti-terror recommendations lags efforts to fight money laundering.Part of the challenge is a lack of teeth.
His lead is now only two shots, Tiger lagging his effort to the hole and tapping in for par.
Angered by what they say are lagging cleanup efforts and inadequate rent reductions and rent credits after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, hundreds of tenants have organized themselves and decided to withhold rent from landlords.
Even though CAUTI is a very common HAI, Krein and colleagues reported that CAUTI preventive practice use is lagging behind efforts to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia, 68 with room for improvement in adopting catheter removal and CAUTI preventive strategies demonstrated again in two recent large surveys of hospitals 69 and ICUs.
The Clinton campaign had counted on winning the nomination by Super Tuesday and was unprepared financially and logistically for a prolonged effort; lagging in Internet fundraising, Clinton began loaning money to her campaign.
But Congressional monitors find the effort lagging, with a major reason the private sector's mistrust of the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security.
