taken pains

The Fed has taken pains to emphasise that the preparation does not indicate an imminent change in strategy, as the recovery remains anaemic.

Hattie had taken pains not to touch me, and when our hands bumped at the supper table, she'd gasped as though I'd hurt her.

Granted, some of the towns have taken pains to modify their foreign themes with Chinese characteristics.

If only the college student knew that his parents had taken pains to pay for his tuition!

J. P. Morgan, which hired nearly half the firm's 14, 000 employees, has taken pains to help Bear Stearns workers displaced by the merger.

In the roadshow for its IPO, AgBank has taken pains to tell investors that its branches don't lend money to China's poor farmers.

For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to explain the meaning of happiness from their own points of view.

Samsung in recent weeks has taken pains to show that it understands the need to focus more on software to boost its margins.

Yet officials have taken pains to infuse the day's events with messages of peace and harmony.

For the past year, developed countries have taken pains to praise China lavishly in public.

Which is why Mr. Bernanke and Mr. Geithner have taken pains to beat down rumors that nationalization is coming.

The group had taken pains to decorate it with symbols relevant to Nathan.

I have taken pains to find your contact through personal endeavors which I may explain to you upon your response.