Common collocations with effort in American Collocation

A concerted effort has been made to clean up the area.

No effort was spared in maintaining clean attractive stations.

The Net was a valiant effort by the BBC to put together a non-kid’s programme about the internet.

I would like to thank thank the organizers for their tireless efforts to ensure the smooth running of the conference.

All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the current copyright holder.

He made a feeble effort to move, staggered, then fell to the ground.

Make a conscious effort to slow down your breathing.

They were making frantic efforts to save the injured passengers.

I wrote down my thoughts in a vain effort to get rid of them by sharing them with the world.

I felt as though all my efforts had been worthwhile.

The UN is trying to secure talks between the two sides in a last-ditch effort to avoid war.

This book is a collaborative effort involving several researchers.

We must all make our individual effort to care for our world and encourage others to do the same.

The employee should make all reasonable efforts to attend the interview.

We redoubled our efforts, and were soon rewarded.

Around 30 firefighters are continuing their efforts to put out the fire.

We will never abandon our efforts for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

We must concentrate our efforts on the big issues that cause real harm.

Other colleagues may be trying to undermine your efforts.

Their efforts were rewarded when their striker scored.