Sentence examples for supported an effort to from inspiring English sources

He has also supported an effort to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti.

Nancy Gold, also a longtime Somers resident, said that in 1971 she supported an effort to build a town pool that her child could use.

In addition to calling for improved fuel efficiency, which he repeated last week in a speech in Detroit, Mr. McCain said he supported an effort to develop an automobile battery that can travel 150 to 200 miles without a charge and would finance the research and development for that.

Marquis supported an effort to gather thousands of signatures in order to make a law saying that he should get more money.

The first and most important is that Cuomo pledged to support an effort to bring the New York State Senate under Democratic control.

Sir David Attenborough, Bill Oddie and Chris Packham are supporting an effort to save the orangutan from extinction by raising £1m in just two weeks.

On "This Week," She pointed out that because of that assurance, the Roman Catholic bishops in America have decided to support an effort to overhaul health.

About a month ago, Mr. Bloomberg sounded out Mr. Murdoch at a dinner at a restaurant in downtown Manhattan about whether The Post might support an effort to overturn the city's term limits law.

"The science does not support an effort to reduce sodium in people who eat around three and a half grams of sodium a day, and that's most Americans," said Michael H. Alderman, editor of the American Journal of Hypertension.

Even in that liberal seaside city, it seemed implausible that thousands of people would support an effort to outlaw an ancient ritual that Jews and Muslims believe fulfills a commandment issued by God.

The previous weekend, at the Fed, Mack had complained about the impact of short sellers on Lehman, and asked Blankfein if he would support an effort to get the S.E.C. to ban short selling.