increased effort

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandeffort

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The optimal effort is the one at which the benefits ofincreasedeffortare just balanced by their costs.
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These activations were associated withincreasedeffortto perform the task, and we suggest that they may be related to effortful attempts at processing visual stimuli presented at faster rates.
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The reactivation of lateral occipital cortices may have occurred in response to theincreasedeffort expended to process the visual aspects of the task.
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The last decade, however, has seen anincreasedeffortto produce methodologies to counter this view as well as continued research into validation and verification techniques.
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Therefore, present results of enhanced activation in the parietal cortex (and perhaps other areas as well) may reflect patients'increasedeffortin attaining equivalent levels of performance with healthy participants.
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A user may, for example, choose fewer expansion terms due to theincreasedeffortof term selection, or may choose terms that refine rather than modify a search topic.
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Theincreasedeffortdevoted to spot inspections of goods vehicles does not appear yet to have brought about any general improvement.
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This is what we mean when we call for greater productivity, on the one hand, and forincreasedeffort, on the other.
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The effect of theincreasedeffortthat we are making in this area will perhaps take some years to show.
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How effective is theincreasedeffortto tighten sanctions proving to be?
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He has called for anincreasedeffortby all donor countries and has begun to set a brisk example.
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It will create discord among the very people to whom we must look for theincreasedeffortwhich is so necessary.
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Would it not have been more desirable to have hadincreasedeffortin this sector in view of our present position?
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Individuals can be rewarded for effort in other ways, and people should be rewarded forincreasedeffort.
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It is now puttingincreasedeffortinto supporting civil programmes, such as the rebuilding of schools, hospitals and public utilities.
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Thirdly, there should be anincreasedeffortby all the agencies involved, so preventing many hard drugs from entering the country.
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That is an important step in trying to manage the potential forincreasedefforton shellfish.
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Furthermore, we shall give serious consideration to proposals which would stimulateincreasedeffortin that area.
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Does it meet our concern that expenditure on decommissioning should not be undermined byincreasedeffortelsewhere in the fleet?
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Increasedeffortnow would not result in additional supplies of oil for at least two years.
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