Sentence examples for make an effort to win from inspiring English sources

When the Arts Council insisted that the paper should make an effort to win new readers by carrying more popular copy, or lose its subsidy, the editor resigned.

Make an effort to win things that you know you can win with your skills and your arrogant edge.

In 2006, Republican statewide candidates in Florida, Georgia and Virginia made an effort to win black votes and increased their share from the single digits to between15percentand20percentrcent.

But few have made an effort to win these lost sales back, aside from opening up online stores of their own.

Unlike its narrow-mindedly pro-Shia predecessor, the government of Haider al-Abadi has made an effort to win over the minority Sunnis, whose anger at being marginalised fuelled IS's rise.

RAND PAUL Kentucky senator He is the iconoclast of the field, which means that he takes slightly less hawkish views on foreign policy and makes an effort to win over minority voters.

6 The Thracians, after placing Amyntas upon the throne, at the outset made an effort to win over the cities by means of parleys and embassies, but when no one paid any attention to them, they forthwith made an assault on the first stronghold and took it by storm.

Mr. Obama will make more of an effort to win over to Pennsylvania Catholics, which make up some 30percentt of the population, writes the Morning Call.

And it will shift more of its resources toward making content more available in digital form, an effort to win a larger share of the tablet and mobile phone news market.

And Rick Santorum made more of an effort to win the state than the other candidates.

China announced today that it would buy $6 million worth of United States wheat, its first purchase of American agricultural products under concessions it made last year in an effort to win improved trade relations.