sincere effort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsincereandeffort
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sincere
adjective
uk/sɪnˈsɪər/us/sɪnˈsɪr/
(of a person, feelings, or behaviour) not pretending or ...
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effort
noun
uk/ˈef.ət/us/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofsincereandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Textual modifications were not random; rather, such alterations represented asincereeffortto interpret what seemed vague or incomprehensible in an earlier version.
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Caring requires asincereeffortto meet their patient's immediate needs and to work with her so that some time in the future she might become a transplant candidate.
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Although it may have many more clauses, we have made asincereeffortto do something to stem the tide.
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I hope that my contribution today will be received as asincereeffortto think the problem out.
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He made asincereeffortto apply his mind to the problems raised.
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I hope that progress will be made but it can only be made by continuous andsincereeffortand not by a policy of negation.
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I am making asincereeffortto follow his speech.
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For over two years now there has been no realsincereeffortto open up trade with this very great nation.
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I feel strongly that that is not so but that it is a genuine andsincereeffortto do something for the benefit of industry.
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I know of no evidence to suggest that the police do not make asincereeffortin every relevant case to make women appear.
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I do not believe that anysincereeffortis ever without some effect.
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This is asincereeffortby the local councillors, because they have the people's interests first and foremost.
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This suggestion of a control board is asincereeffortto deal with the difficulty.
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Anysincereeffortto deal with this problem must surely have everybody's encouragement.
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We were prepared to offer substantial changes to our original proposals in asincereeffortto find a middle way acceptable to both sides.
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I cannot help wondering whether the debate is not a political escapade rather than asincereeffortto examine and improve the efficiency of the defence forces.
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They know perfectly well that anysincereeffortto promote peace, to iron out the differences between nation and nation, will always meet with a full response from this country.
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Better an honest failure and asincereeffortto start again than to gain a patched-up agreement, which means nothing in reality, but leaves suspicion in the minds of all.
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I have always held the view that the maintenance of peace depends upon the accumulation of deterrents against the aggressor, coupled with asincereeffortto redress grievances.
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Callejas lodged a short-lived protest, but it was probably less than asincereeffortto challenge the agreement brokered by the military.
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