Example sentences of "[art] effort [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's hard to reply to some sweet , well-meaning English family who are making the effort to be sociable , by throwing your tomato at them and yelling , ‘ What do you know , you lazy bastards ? |
| 2 | No matter how tired or worried you may feel , it 's important to make the effort to be pleasant and friendly to customers — and in most cases you will find that they are pleasant and friendly in return . |
| 3 | The potential will depend on what is transferred ( not just , how advanced ? but also , how compatible ? ) ; and on how it is transferred ( is the end user a resourceful user ? is know-how to accompany hardware ? is the information flow to be continuous ? is the effort to be concentrated in a particular sector or dispersed in dribs and drabs across many ? ) |
| 4 | The requirement , though , is for the effort to be made , so that students come to appreciate the standards of truth and evaluation internal to the discipline . |
| 5 | She could almost hear him making the effort to be cheerful , as if he was afraid to disappoint her in case she decided not to ring him again . |
| 6 | I believe that in order to restore confidence and status in the profession , teaches must make the effort to be actively involved in research , and at least in the reading and discussion of the results of published research . |
| 7 | Alice had controlled her tears and her face was pale and stiff with the effort to be sensible and make arrangements . |
| 8 | She took a deep breath , made the effort to be mature enough to pick up the olive branch . |
| 9 | welcomed everyone and said it was gratifying that so many had made the effort to be present and she extended a special welcome to the representatives from Norfolk , North West and the West country . |
| 10 | He made no effort to be understood , or liked ; no attempt to impress . |
| 11 | Although she made no effort to be heard , the night carried her voice just the same . |
| 12 | It promised to consult with Israel during Middle Eastern emergencies in order to determine the degree of assistance that could be offered : ‘ the U.S. government will make every effort to be fully responsive … on an ongoing and long term basis to Israel 's military equipment and other defense requirements , to its energy requirements and other economic needs . ’ |
| 13 | Even if mothers-in-law made every effort to be scrupulously careful in what they said or did , they worried that the children still saw them simply as interfering busybodies . |
| 14 | He does not begin to describe what the effect was on Russia of by-passing the Reformation , the Counter-reformation and the Enlightenment ; instead , in an effort to be friendly , he mentions things Russian from time to time . |
| 15 | Make an effort to be interested in them — have they read any others by the same author , have they seen the play/film/TV series of the book ? |
| 16 | I looked to see if he was trying to be unpleasant but he was obviously making an effort to be polite . |
| 17 | However , it is an emotion that leads many of us to play games — either by denying we feel angry , or by squashing it in an effort to be seen as reasonable , easygoing and likeable , or from fear of being rejected . |
| 18 | The connection between enjoyment and a spontaneous welcoming of awareness is logically necessary , for it would be contradictory to say ‘ I intensely enjoyed the sensation , but I had to make an effort to be much aware of it . ’ |
| 19 | Then one of the blokes remembers there 's a woman present and apologises , the others shake hands and make an effort to be polite to each other . |
| 20 | In the future , Suffolk people will reflect on this decade and they will find it strange that at a time when environmental issues were more prevalent than ever both county and borough councils made such an effort to be seen to be environmentally friendly , that so much development took place on the green belt of Ipswich . |
| 21 | As we have a school of excellence for soccer , why not a school for whingers where they could go in an effort to be cured ? |
| 22 | As you may know , FAMILY GO TOWN have the unenviable task of warming up for the Inspirals on the current tour and in an effort to be matey , after the Nottingham gig , Graham started chatting away to a bunch of people he took to be the support group . |
| 23 | In a war-time article on Smollett he remarked that several writers had recently tried to ‘ revive the picaresque tradition ’ , instancing Waugh and Aldous Huxley — adding that the experiment had not been entirely happy , if only because they had betrayed a sense of strain in an effort to be shocking . |
| 24 | That evening the family ate supper together , but although her brothers made an effort to be cheerful and her mother talked enthusiastically about the wedding arrangements , the clear knowledge that the only daughter was to be taken away caused sighs and long faces among family and servants . |
| 25 | Seeing how closely Weis was watching him , he made an effort to be more warm , more friendly in his greeting there , but all the while he was wondering just how far he could trust the man . |
| 26 | I think his poetry is an effort to be stoic . |
| 27 | I used sometimes to have to make an effort to be cheerful , but I have never had to restrain myself from bursting into violence and anger … |
| 28 | However , if you make an effort to be positive , you 'll get swept away on a tidal wave of valid enthusiasm . |
| 29 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 30 | We need an effort to be made to bring about international co-operation to remedy some of the factors that lead to people seeking asylum in this country . |