persistent effort

collocation in English

meaningsofpersistentandeffort

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persistent
adjective
uk
/pəˈsɪs.tənt/us
/pɚˈsɪs.tənt/
lasting for a long time or difficult to get ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofpersistentandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, ifpersistentefforttoward the goal does not produce adequate progress, then sadness/depression, an internalizing emotion, may result.
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A vulnerability to anxiety over adult criticism can motivatepersistentefforton tasks requested by adults and, therefore, contribute to an adaptive quality.
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What is now required is a sustained, hard, arduous andpersistenteffortto keep things moving forward.
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In many cases there are tradition and habit which can be overcome bypersistenteffortthrough education and propaganda.
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Both aims require apersistenteffortin the direction of disarmament.
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We shall need a strong, consistent andpersistenteffortif we are to achieve any changes in the arrangements.
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We need the help of all existing organisations and some new ones, and we need a big, sustained andpersistenteffortif consumer protection is to become a reality.
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He spent the last years of his life in a most sincere, earnest andpersistenteffortto bring the nations together in the cause of disarmament.
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Great hardships will be entailed, and it is only bypersistenteffortand a good deal of courage on the part of the emigrants that success will be possible.
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But one who longs to achieve that state bypersistenteffort, needs prayer.
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Since its establishment, it has madepersistenteffort, outstanding support and contributions to the seekers in their academic enhancement.
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As both thermite and thermate are notoriously difficult to ignite, initiating the reaction normally requires supervision and sometimespersistenteffort.
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I also have trust that our anthropological work constitutes an input to the indigenous communities themselves, and to theirpersistenteffortsociety.
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Unhappily, events have now shown that despite the most persistent efforts we have not been able to meet these two requirements satisfactorily.
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Today the dark shadow of violence hangs over the region, but the patient persistent efforts of the peacemakers must continue.
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Throughout this period we have made persistent efforts to secure the restoration of conditions there to normal.
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We have made persistent efforts to induce all parties in the textile industry to improve their methods and increase output.
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She spoke of "long and persistent efforts to correct the budget inequity".
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The agreement is a vital step in unblocking the middle east peace process: it follows persistent efforts on all sides.
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I made persistent efforts to move him, but without success.
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