Sentence examples for started efforts from inspiring English sources

No sooner was his court-martial concluded than he started efforts to clear his name.

In addition to establishing biogas facilities that can process agricultural waste, some restaurateurs have started efforts to combat the problem.

Unocal (then known as Union Oil Company of California) had started efforts to produce oil from shale in 1921.

Mr. Pittman started efforts to sell packages of advertisements in Time Inc. magazines and on AOL's Internet service, which was increasingly having trouble selling ads on its own.

They have also started efforts to "adopt" families of victims of suicide bombings and have encouraged the buying of Israeli products on Web sites.

The governor has already started efforts to control sprawl in the Lower Hudson Valley, the Adirondacks and the central Catskill region.

This initiative will kick-start efforts to tackle this.

With just a few weeks before the tour was scheduled to start, efforts to get American visas for replacement members of the band proved unsuccessful.

Latinos and Democrats praised Mr. Obama for trying to jump-start efforts to pass the bill, which would grant legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.

Yet even as the city resounded with heavy explosions and machine gun fire, Mr. Bildt said he was not starting efforts to broker a cease-fire.

The governor came into office promising to jump-start efforts to fix school buildings and provide more space for roughly 12,000 students who attend class in trailers statewide.