intensive effort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintensiveandeffort
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intensive
adjective
uk/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us/ɪnˈten.sɪv/
involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period ...
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effort
noun
uk/ˈef.ət/us/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofintensiveandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In particular, anintensiveeffortis under way to find out how the pandemic 1918 strain caused such devastating disease.
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It is therefore clear that anintensiveeffortto construct nuclear power stations will be necessitated in the very near future.
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In that atmosphere one cannot expect to get anintensiveefforton the part of the workers.
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That is possible, but it will require anintensiveeffortduring the next few weeks.
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Recognition of the trade union movement in this country was won through years ofintensiveeffort.
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I know that the corporation is making anintensiveeffortto improve productivity.
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In effect, it was four and a half and not six months ofintensiveeffort.
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I can only repeat that a very great deal ofintensiveeffortboth in this country and internationally is given to countering tax fraud.
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Intensiveeffortis sure to lead to advances in technology, and that in turn will give us valuable export opportunities.
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We must stop that once and for all, and that will be done only by the mostintensiveeffort.
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It is the result of three years'intensiveeffortby a very eminent and gifted team.
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It was therefore the product of prettyintensiveeffort.
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A much moreintensiveeffort, which goes beyond the health sector, is needed.
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They are not obtained by chance; they are the product of anintensiveeffort.
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We must make anintensiveeffortto increase our exports wherever we can and find new opportunities for selling goods where they have not been sold hitherto.
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A graph of the incidence of pneumoconiosis in this period ofintensiveeffortwould show how the incidence climbed up among these young, virile, strong men.
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The people in my part of the world have suffered and are going to be called upon to make a reallyintensiveeffortto produce more food.
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They had decreased by about £3 million at a time when additional borrowing is obviously needed if the additionalintensiveeffortthat is going on is to be financed.
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For into the planning of the organization, training, and equipment of this unit was poured the accumulated experience of four years'intensiveeffort.
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After about six weeks ofintensiveeffort, they finally concluded that they were getting exactly nowhere.
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