Sentence examples for widening effort from inspiring English sources

However it is received, the measure reflects the government's widening effort to persuade more Italians — some say, to bully them — to comply with the tax code.

But less publicly, his administration has reached out to this politically isolated constituency in a sustained and widening effort that has left even skeptics surprised.

The battle was part of a widening effort by the Obama administration to crush Taliban and Qaeda insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Alabama is the epicenter of a widening effort by the Department of Homeland Security to encourage states and localities to help enforce immigration laws in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The court's action, if it is confirmed, would appear to be part of a widening effort by the authorities to quash protests led by members of Bahrain's Shiite majority against the Sunni monarchy, which has been accused by its opponents of discriminating against Shiites and monopolizing power.

ATHENS — As part of a widening effort to clamp down on violent extremism in Greece, the country's Parliament moved on Wednesday to lift the immunity of six lawmakers of Golden Dawn, the neo-fascist anti-immigrant party prosecutors portray as a criminal organization involved in murder, attempted murder, blackmail and other crimes.

WASHINGTON — In the past several months, Iran appears to have increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say is a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East.

PAGE B1 A SORE SPOT FOR A STEEL TOWN Ever since a train's foreign freight for a local oil pipeline project was spotted in Granite City, Ill., unions have been widening their efforts to limit imported steel.

But some national experts on dormitory life say the carving assault was an extreme example of the growing problems with the behavior of dorm residents, and boarding schools are widening their efforts to improve residential life by putting greater emphasis on it.

Instead, the United States would widen its effort to enlist other countries to assist occupation forces.

Since 2014, it has been part of the anti-Isis coalition in Iraq; this year, it widened that effort to strikes on Syrian territory (although in small numbers).