"But the parties are making a good faith effort, and I am hoping that case can be resolved."

We're making a good faith effort to reconcile the differences now, but we can't do it alone.

Despite good faith efforts, we cannot come to an agreement at this time.

"I think we've made a good faith effort to meet all of the concerns," said a senior Administration official.

You need to make a good faith effort with them.

"This is a serious and good faith effort on our part to try to engage in a dialogue," he said.

"But a good faith effort would have to start there."

The department has told institutions to make a "good faith" effort to comply with the law.

"We've made a very good- faith effort to alleviate the problem here."

"We can try to make a good faith effort on all of them," he said.