concentrated effort

collocation in English

meaningsofconcentratedandeffort

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concentrated
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.sən.treɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈkɑːn.sən.treɪ.t̬ɪd/
using a lot of effort to succeed at one ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofconcentratedandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconcentrated effort

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Failures of large-scale infrastructure require extended periods ofconcentratedeffortto repair, reducing the ability of the system to rapidly recover.
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Aconcentratedeffortin educating parents and teachers about sensible eating should produce big dividends.
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It adds yet anotherconcentratedefforton a topic that has attracted a conspicuous, almost disproportionate, amount of scholarly attention, which has in turn stimulated a tidal wave of popularisations.
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The result of this debate has been aconcentratedeffortto restructure social security systems for older people in an array of welfare states over the last decade or so.
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We need a serious andconcentratedeffortto address current practices in agriculture, crofting, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture—all with the aim of achieving sustainable development.
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To put it another way, you want aconcentratedeffort, and indeed we all want to have priorities.
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This calls for a largeconcentratedefforton the best site available.
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I hope that we will get on with it and make aconcentratedeffortwhere needs are greatest.
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After that, there must surely be either aconcentratedeffortto protect the other five safe areas, or the policy should be abandoned.
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Endowed with a strong and masterful will, no man in our time surpassed him in directness of purpose and in the power ofconcentratedeffort.
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This works out at 500,000 houses a year for aconcentratedeffortover five years.
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We are trying to get as muchconcentratedeffortinto this as possible to relieve the problem.
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That requires a conscious andconcentratedeffort, and an effort of a conscious character among the industrialists of this country is not in evidence to-day.
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To reach this point has required aconcentratedeffort.
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We want a real,concentratedeffortto get industry out.
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So there is aconcentratedeffortto improve the arrangements for the administration of justice.
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The result of our attempts to stagger hours was that we reduced the stagger by virtue ofconcentratedeffort.
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It moves the debate towards a moreconcentratedeffortin understanding what can be measured.
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We therefore decided to have aconcentratedeffortby a few people.
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It is a field for patience and carefulness, but also forconcentratedeffort.
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