Example sentences of "efforts be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obvious efforts are being made here to reduce the damage , which was much worse than I remembered it from a previous visit . |
| 2 | Efforts are being made to improve the relationship between frontline managers and shop stewards and to evolve a system for dealing with disputes as and when they occur . |
| 3 | BR says strenuous efforts are being made to improve punctuality , but admits overcrowding and cancellations on some services has reached unsatisfactory levels . |
| 4 | But strenuous efforts are being made to ensure the three party leaders do not meet during the hour-long Granada TV special World in Action programme . |
| 5 | Enormous efforts are being made by motor and oil industries around the world to clean up diesel 's act and get it in shape to meet the stringent emission standards coming into force before the start of the 21st century . |
| 6 | In disadvantaged areas where efforts are being made to bring about improvements in employment opportunities and in family incomes , the advisory services have a very special educational function . |
| 7 | However , many people in the industry feel that the linking of these two centres of population and commerce will be secured in the near future and already marketing efforts are being made to secure a new operator . |
| 8 | The problem is now recognized , especially in Europe , and strenuous efforts are being made to harmonise the data sets ( e.g. through the use of standard classifications , such as that for land use produced by the Conference of European Statisticians in 1989 ) . |
| 9 | Although supplementary pensions and allowances ensure that basic needs are met , those who are entirely dependent upon them certainly suffer some degree of hardship compared with the standard of living of the majority of citizens , and strenuous efforts are being made to raise the level of the government 's ‘ guaranteed income ’ . |
| 10 | In France , efforts are being made to train more women for the job . |
| 11 | To facilitate international links between the public networks , efforts are being made to standardise different countries ' ISDNs . |
| 12 | It is still very unsure whether West Malling can be totally saved from the axe , but concerted efforts are being made behind the scenes by various parties , for not only West Malling but the other 72 threatened airfields in the UK . |
| 13 | More and more researchers in natural language processing are investing their efforts in dictionaries and lexicons , and efforts are being made to use machine-readable dictionaries instead of constructing lexicons from scratch ’ . |
| 14 | Instead , extensive efforts are being made to eliminate the problem by screening breeding stock , such as Setters and Poodles , which are prone to this debilitating condition . |
| 15 | Various efforts are being made to bridge this gap . |
| 16 | In the current era of food surpluses , efforts are being made to reduce production , both by political manoeuvre ( e.g. set aside and diversification ) and a return to sustainable systems of agriculture which are perceived as going back to traditional methods . |
| 17 | This is not to suggest that no efforts are being made by the main-line churches in this country to care for and accommodate the traditions of those in their congregations who have come from overseas . |
| 18 | They do make heavy demands on the resources of the hospital service , so steady efforts are being made to improve the preventive aspects of geriatric care . |
| 19 | Urgent efforts are being made to revive courses in Liverpool and Brighton , where educational PR events have been planned for Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 December respectively . |
| 20 | Having realised that conservation is always likely to fall victim to local poverty , great efforts are being made to set up small-scale sustainable industries which depend on the long-term well-being of the rainforest and other natural ecosystems . |
| 21 | To that end , efforts are being focused not simply on Western Europe , but also on Eastern Europe , where there are major nuclear and environmental requirements ; East Asia , particularly Japan and Korea ; and of course , the US , which , being still the biggest high technology market , is receiving considerable AEA attention . |
| 22 | I should be glad to hear , therefore , what intensification of efforts are being made by Garda Siochana or Irish military personnel . |
| 23 | At the same time , a perception exists that their efforts are being hampered through a severe lack of executive functions for the Boards . |
| 24 | Steve Hislop , who was also to have ridden a Kawasaki at the Brand 's meeting , will not now be there for there is no bike for him in view of the fact that all efforts are being put behind Farmer . |
| 25 | Skills are being learnt , greater or lesser amounts of efforts are being made by individuals . |
| 26 | Yet , on the basis of a supposed connection between television culture and consumer interactive multimedia , huge commercial efforts are being expended that are literally shaking the foundations of the industry . |
| 27 | The Daimler-Benz study claims that carbon dioxide levels will actually increase by 10 per cent over the period because control efforts are being cancelled out by increased traffic volumes . |
| 28 | I mean , I do think we need to er recognise that tremendous efforts are being put in by the individuals employed by the D S Os , but I do think that we need to recognise also , that there is a lot lacking in the , particularly the marketing of the services . |
| 29 | Otherwise the whole squad will go to Essex and Oxford , and efforts are being made to organise a match against Oxfordshire to occupy the Durham players not selected for the University match . |
| 30 | Efforts are being made to allow the National Trust for Scotland , with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , to buy the building , which has been a convent since 1958 . |