Sentence examples for supporting an effort from inspiring English sources

In an unlikely alliance, Kansas Republicans and the advocacy group Environmental Defense are supporting an effort here that seeks to use agriculture as a weapon against global warming.

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.

American officials are supporting an effort by the United Nations to resettle Camp Ashraf residents voluntarily to other countries, a process that is making slow progress.

With injuries and suspensions from dangerous hits on the rise in the first month of the N.H.L. season, some general managers are supporting an effort to broaden discipline so that coaches and clubs, as well as players, are punished.

And an internal Visa analysis supporting an effort to extend to Europe its rule barring member banks from issuing American Express cards projected that American Express would be a far more effective competitor if Visa did not have this protection, with Visa members losing significant market share.

In another major dispute, 1199 has refused to pay dues to the New York City Central Labor Council for the last year because 1199's president, Dennis Rivera, was so angry at the council's president, Brian McLaughlin, for bucking most of labor and supporting an effort to oust Mr. Silver.

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

Some potential donors have been reluctant to support an effort that they feared could get them into legal trouble.

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

The statement chided government intervention in currency markets, but also appeared to support an effort by Japan to combat deflation.

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.