Sentence examples for many previous efforts from inspiring English sources

Of course, Europe's intervention may yet go horribly wrong, as have so many previous efforts.

Many previous efforts to set national standards have made little headway.

Like the profile of Hoon and Hewitt themselves, that weaselly formulation may have sapped confidence that this move would succeed where so many previous efforts had failed.

A campaign by three women succeeded where many previous efforts had failed, forcing Facebook to take action over content celebrating rape and domestic violence.

Even if the security setups do not work perfectly -- many previous efforts to secure digital media have already been overcome by hackers -- the industry says they will serve as a deterrent, much the way video cameras deter shoplifting.

But it is not passing laws that will be the measure of Mr Sarkozy's mettle; it is facing down the streets, where protesters have demolished so many previous efforts at reform.

Many previous peace efforts have been greeted by surges in violence.

They point to the many previous failed efforts to end the Cyprus crisis as warning signs.

In this, as in so many previous multilateral efforts, the process blots out the substance.

Like many previous restoration efforts, though, the Clinton plan hit obstacles, including competing local interests and insufficient financing from the federal government.

Running Nasdaq data through the Oxford model suggests that there was, indeed, a period of increased predictability in the six months before April 2000, compared with the months before that.None of which means that the model will work for the future, any more than many previous such efforts.