continuing effort

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinueandeffort

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continue
verb
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juː/us
/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Functioning networks of institutions take a long time to establish and require acontinuingeffortto maintain.
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Most of them therefore planned an additional pregnancy within a short interval in acontinuingeffortto achieve a live birth.
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The focus on these issues was part of acontinuingeffortto assure one's separation from the ' ' individualism' ' and ' ' bohemianism' ' of the 1920s intellectual.
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Thiscontinuingefforthas three major elements: the development of national instruments according to international standards, the introduction of regional initiatives, and the enhancment of local self-government.
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They can be two limbs of a concerted andcontinuingeffortand must be identified and assessed as such.
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It is a genuine andcontinuingeffortto realise and use resources to the best.
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It is all part of a necessary andcontinuingeffortto use and develop resources everywhere in the country.
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It should not be a matter of a month's effort; it should be a long-term andcontinuingeffort.
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That is why there needs to be a steady andcontinuingeffortto resolve the problems that exist.
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The maintenance of satisfactory standards of welfare of farm animals requirescontinuingefforton the part of livestock keepers.
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This means being economic and competitive, and requires acontinuingeffortto reduce costs, increase efficiency and maintain reliability and security of supply.
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There iscontinuingeffortto improve the accuracy of aircraft altimeters, both barometric and radio.
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I congratulate the local education world for itscontinuingeffortto take out surplus places.
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I am satisfied thatcontinuingefforton safety is being maintained.
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We are making acontinuingeffortto improve the safety of all road vehicles including minibuses.
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What is needed is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation: a real andcontinuingeffortto convince these countries that it is in their own interest for us to move forward together.
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Of course, there must be acontinuingeffortof the will, but it needs the medical man as well.
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That is why we are making acontinuingeffortto help the small business man and have introduced 60 practical measures.
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It needscontinuingefforton the part of all of us.
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They will require a majorcontinuingeffortwhich we must hope will be effective.
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