Sentence examples for sluggish efforts from inspiring English sources

The government, hit by fierce criticism, speeded up its sluggish efforts against the oil slicks.Yet again, the presidential election in rump-Yugoslavia's Serbian republic came to nothing.

After a series of storms, including Hurricane Irene, hit New Jersey in 2011, public anger and regulatory oversight in that state focused mainly on poor communication by the utilities and their sluggish efforts to restore power.

Under fire for criticizing Gov. George E. Pataki's performance after Sept. 11, Andrew M. Cuomo appeared to temper his remarks today, focusing instead on what he described as Mr. Pataki's sluggish efforts to plan the rebuilding of downtown Manhattan.

The impact of higher energy prices also has hurt Southeast Asia's financial markets, where deepening political instability, persistent corruption scandals and sluggish efforts to invigorate industry and capital markets have sparked an exodus by foreign investors.

But this only encourages the FPI to take up its cudgels.Other, more important ways to make sure Indonesia stays on the path to democratic pluralism are to keep the economy growing and to boost sluggish efforts at reforming graft-ridden public institutions.

Political instability, sluggish efforts to mobilize private capital and inadequate progress in high technology are combining with increased competition from outside the region to reduce Southeast Asia's ability to meet the aspirations of a generation of young job seekers raised on Hollywood and MTV.

Perhaps no issue has symbolized their struggle as much as the sluggish effort to punish those who attacked the protesters.

Unlike most House measures, which come up for a vote only after months or even years of sluggish effort, the bill to eliminate the F.B.I. was drafted in a matter of minutes on Tuesday morning, Republican staffers confirmed.

The U.S. put itself in jeopardy of an early exit with the sluggish effort against Europe and will need someone to take control if it has grandiose ideas at making a run to the tournament championship.

But with a sluggish recovery, efforts at controlling debt stocks are taking longer to yield results, particularly in advanced economies.

The trip comes after Trump repeatedly bragged about his administration's response to the hurricane's devastation, blamed the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico for its debt crisis and called Cruz "nasty" for criticizing the federal government's sluggish relief efforts.