Sentence examples for measure an effort from inspiring English sources

Baryshnikov's party was probably, in some measure, an effort to make everybody happy again.

A1 Senate Upholds Gas Tax The Senate voted overwhelmingly against suspending the federal gasoline tax through the November election, calling the measure an effort to cozy up to voters at the expense of the nation's roads and highways.

Since we still consider the PI a clinically useful measure, an effort should be made to assign a PI to all substances used in the treatment of BD.

But there is a widespread sense that the measure is an effort to force Mr. Arafat from power.

That measure was an effort not to control the cost of prescription drugs, but to assure their safety.

Barbara J. Olshansky, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights in Manhattan, said that the Suffolk measure was "an effort to intimidate people who are seeking a better life here".

The measure is an effort to buttress an agency that has been under siege because of a raft of tainted and dangerous products manufactured both domestically and abroad.

They said the measure was an effort to create a class of "thought crimes" whose prosecution would require ascribing motivation to the attacker.

Mr. Hagel said today on the CBS News program "Face the Nation" that his measure was an effort to fashion a compromise.

He characterized the measure as an effort at "behavior modification" in line with the department's goal of getting as many drunken drivers as possible off the streets.

Analysts say the government has reintroduced the measure in an effort to revive a flagging economy.