constant endeavour

collocation in English

meaningsofconstantandendeavour

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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endeavour
noun[C or U]
uk
/enˈdev.ər/us
/enˈdev.ɚ/
an attempt to ...
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(Definition ofconstantandendeavourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstant endeavour

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Aconstantendeavouris made to use all these resources to the best advantage.
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It is already theconstantendeavourof the inspectors of mines to prevent disregard of these rules.
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Improving the accuracy of economic forecasting is a matter ofconstantendeavour.
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It is ourconstantendeavourto meet the needs of river users, and lock-keepers and navigation inspectors are concerned to help the river users.
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It is myconstantendeavourto hasten those steps.
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It will be myconstantendeavourto make supplies of fish as cheap and as plentiful as possible.
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It is ourconstantendeavour, by persuasion and appropriate publicity, to secure that welfare foods are taken by those who need them.
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This will continue to be ourconstantendeavour.
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They argue that progress can be made by animal and other experimentation, by prevention and by theconstantendeavourto improve the treatment procedure.
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It is ourconstantendeavourto secure, by persuasion and appropriate publicity, that children who need cod-liver oil are given it.
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It has been myconstantendeavourfor the last two and a half years to bring our defence expenditure into line with our resources.
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It will be ourconstantendeavourto make no more use of them than is absolutely necessary.
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It will continue to be myconstantendeavourto reduce this period to a minimum.
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There also has to be aconstantendeavourto send steel into productive industry.
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It is theconstantendeavourto bring the medical services to the highest pitch of efficiency.
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It must be ourconstantendeavourto reduce that lag by foresight and imagination.
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Over the whole field there is need for constant vigilance and forconstantendeavourto extend the frontiers of our knowledge.
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That must be not only our prayer, but ourconstantendeavour.
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There is also theconstantendeavourto improve the regime within the prison, which again imposes additional burdens on the staff.
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Myconstantendeavourthroughout this dispute has been to work for a solution which could be accepted by all concerned.
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