Sentence examples for much an effort from inspiring English sources

So it's as much an effort to raise awareness as it is an effort to learn more.

The new treaty China's initiative is as much an effort to pin down Russia as it is a nose-thumbing gesture at America.

"Unfortunately after the four tries he made before -- this is his fifth one -- it's still very much an effort to protect the status quo," Mr. Lott said.

In many ways, the choice of Ms. Palin may prove to have been as much an effort to drive up turnout among the Republican base as it was a move to compete for women.

While that might suggest a desire for a broader safety net than the one that has emerged in recent years, aides say the package was as much an effort to jump-start the economy as an expression of aid philosophy.

Yet the decision was nearly four months in the making, and was as much an effort to shed jobs and save money in a beleaguered industry and shift resources to broadcasting as it was a response to the outcry over the scandal's new revelations, according to the two people briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal concerns.

Perfect behavior seems to be too much of an effort.

Still, neither of my parents made much of an effort to shield me from it.

The truth was that he had not made much of an effort to get Na'ama back.

"Schools have not made much of an effort to bring this population back in," said Mr. Jones.

If it's too much of an effort, they'll give up.