Sentence examples for sustained efforts at from inspiring English sources

One can be sure that if Cambodia had been a more formidable power, sustained efforts at diplomacy would have been made.

U.S. policies in Central America — support for repressive regimes and armies, and for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua — spread death and destruction, and there were no sustained efforts at reconstruction.

They pointed to the sustained efforts at the highest level by Italy to rescue the marines and criticized the Indian government for not doing enough for its own nationals in prisons abroad, accused of far less serious crimes.

Instead of providing the metaphorical "drugs" that feed the corruption in Mahali Mzuri (no pun intended), these countries (and corporations such as Coca-Cola, Google and Facebook) and individuals should cut off the supply (aid/money) until the addict (Kenya) demonstrates verifiable and sustained efforts at addressing corruption.

Sustained efforts at emulation lead eventually to comprehension and the ability of the student to perform thoughtfully the task that has been learned.

"Mountains and Rivers" is Snyder's most sustained effort at representing a bioregional world view.

It requires concerted, sustained effort at many levels of human endeavor.

But a sustained effort at the highest political level by Democrats to connect with rural issues and concerns is necessary if they want to broaden their popularity and build bigger and more successful electoral coalitions and succeed in this country's many rural congressional districts.

Cultural competence is a developmental process and takes time, commitment and sustained effort at each level of the organisation.

1 = Achievements are minor and there are few signs of planning or forward action to improve the situation (UNISDR 2012b, p. 79). 5 = Comprehensive achievement has been attained, with the commitment and capacities to sustain efforts at all levels.

Using UNISDR scoring scale for assessing a local government's disaster resilience building progress, the respondents were asked to answer each question on a scale from 1 to 5: 5 = Comprehensive achievement has been attained, with the commitment and capacities to sustain efforts at all levels.