Sentence examples for try to devote from inspiring English sources

"Pioneer publishers" hold part-time secular jobs and try to devote about 70 hours a month to religious service.

Some casinos said they might try to devote some space to private poker clubs, which they believe will be allowed under the law.

"I have a plan for what I'll do if I'm not writing fiction anymore, which is that I would try to devote myself more to journalism, and just try to find ways to be helpful in the world," she said.

The family sees his face in his two children, 4-year-old Mia and 19-month-old Joseph, and they try to devote their time to watching the children grow.

In her own home, she said, she and her husband, the law professor Jed Rubenfeld, try to devote about half the meal to catching up on their children's lives and the other half to "bringing up interesting cases with moral dilemmas".

"We try to devote more time to each story than the networks do.

And that's why I have tried to devote some effort to doing this.

In Canada and Britain, delays are caused by doctors trying to devote limited medical resources to the most urgent cases.

At the direction of President Obama, the Pentagon has been trying to devote more strategic attention to Asia by bolstering its alliances and military presence in the region.

But she also tries to devote time to explaining to her clients, many of whom have never exercised, how their workouts are part of a healthy lifestyle, one that can be embarked on despite the limitations of older age.

President Clinton bragged today that the government had a bigger budget surplus than ever before and then accused Congressional Republicans of trying to devote much of the money to special interests.