Sentence examples for making some efforts from inspiring English sources

The institutional investors who backed her in the fight might otherwise have sat on their votes.Stooping to conquerMany companies that are not yet ready for an internal revolution are at least making some efforts to appease newly empowered investors, by buying back shares or lifting their dividends.

An elderly aristocrat with connections to the royal palace here, Yusuf Maitama Sule — Nigeria's former United Nations ambassador, he was one of those to whom Boko Haram's letter was addressed, according to the Nigerian media — said in an interview at his home here: "We are making some efforts quietly.

"The question is whether it can be shaped into a plan which benefits all the people, not least the poor and the farmers at the bottom end of the drug trail," says John Battle, a minister at Britain's Foreign Office.Colombia is now making some efforts to do that.

The central bank has been making some efforts to stem the decline, by using its foreign exchange reserves to buy hryvnia.

Facebook has been making some efforts to grow new business areas beyond advertising in areas like Gifts and Facebook Credits in apps, but so far the company has failed to convert that into meaningful growth.

So it's trickier to prevent weight gain without making some efforts.

Nonetheless, "teachers are making some effort to come in," he said.

In his subtle way, Bonds is making some effort to connect.

Still the company's bosses are making some effort to win over their shareholders wining and dining big investors in London this week.

You may choose a similar tactic for your daughter, but don't give up without making some effort to correct the teacher tactfully.

"At least he's making some effort to make an experimental test," Chen says.