Sentence examples for virtually no effort from inspiring English sources

But in the year since, he has made virtually no effort to prepare the public for that possibility.

SLIPPING a few anchovies into the stew pot is one of those sneaky little tricks that boosts flavor with virtually no effort.

For more than two decades, previous administrations have been driven almost solely by crisis management, with virtually no effort to solve the problem.

But with virtually no effort and very little cost, Washington can do its part to help Africans get rid of their own, much more insidious career politicians.

While that lime-enamored clerk may have exaggerated somewhat, dried limes turn out to be another one of those power ingredients that can transform a whole range of dishes with virtually no effort on your part.

If the goal was "awareness," that has surely been met — largely, you could argue, because corporations recognized that with virtually no effort (and often minimal monetary contribution), going pink made them a lot of green.

Israeli-Palestinian relations have frozen into a seemingly intractable standoff, which poisons Arab attitudes toward the United States, yet the Bush administration is now making virtually no serious effort to push the hostile camps toward negotiations.

Talking to your mom about sports or the Oscars requires virtually no cognitive effort on your part ("Those Blue Jays sure hit the biscuit right good, mom").

There have been virtually no federal efforts to quantify the problem of large-scale compounding pharmacies or their rapid growth, but the F.D.A. has occasionally taken a limited look at the quality of their drugs.

It opposes once-bipartisan ideas as a matter of course: an assault-weapons ban, Obamacare (which was shaped by ideas from the Heritage Foundation and Mitt Romney) and virtually any effort to slow climate change.

"Jones received two appointed attorneys that spent virtually no time or effort investigating the offense or his background," Judge Boyle said.