Sentence examples for obvious efforts from inspiring English sources

Then Fielding went over the history of the epidemic and the obvious efforts that had been made to keep it quiet.

But Mr. Obama, the intelligent, thoughtful, rational constitutional lawyer, must know that the law can work against only obvious efforts to proselytize and discriminate.

Despite the obvious efforts the Chancellor has made to redirect resources, there are concerns about some of his set-piece changes.

Kim Jong-un's increasingly obvious efforts to copy his revered grandfather's appearance and mannerisms (right down to his signature) are naturally meant to show that — as a Korean saying goes — blood doesn't lie.

With all respect to the obvious efforts of Mr. Powell and Mr. Stayton, this would have required a much broader array of expertise and resources, beginning with the involvement of curators of contemporary art and fashion.

Imperial prerogative, so powerful an influence on western gold, had less effect on silver, the types of which in the West became more flexible; in bronze, where obvious efforts were at times made to link with traditional Roman design, flexibility was greater still.

Jumping and running involved more obvious effort.

In each instance the obvious effort paid off.

But it's not for a lack of obvious effort.

We want to test who we can be in an atmosphere not bloated with obvious effort.

It was an obvious effort to push any decision beyond the midterm elections.