"effort" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But the envy is a small thing, and I confess it only in a rather transparent effort to gain credibility.
- To some Democrats, that was a transparent effort to draw applause.
- "It is a transparent effort to limit the number of debates."
- The comments made many residents wince at what they regarded as a transparent effort to cover up the real reasons for the action.
- His references to schools, children's health care and mothers who work outside the home were seen as a transparent effort to win favor with women.
- One policeman said the withdrawal was partial, a sham and a transparent effort by Israel to ease international pressure.
- I am sure that many voters feel insulted by such a cheap and transparent effort to win support.
- It is a transparent effort to buy time and circle the wagons and figure out what to do next.
- Altering the Federal judicial system is not something to be undertaken lightly, or in a transparent effort to change the outcome of decisions.
- (Tardini saw in this a transparent effort to obtain a military solution).
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