"It taught me to be dedicated, and that if you want to be successful, you have to put in a lot of time and effort.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"With our turtle release program, it is a compensation-based program where when the fishermen give us a call to go and rescue a turtle, we check the biometric measurements, tag the turtle, and compensate the fishermen for the time and effort they have taken to save these turtles and call us."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

I really did. I mean,sure, maybe we could do it again, but it's tough I mean the amount of money time and effort that goes into these things puts a huge strain on the city and the resources, so I hope we go for it again but I think it's hard,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

She says both partners have to give their time,effort and, in many cases, income for the good of the family.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

People put more time,effort and money into decorating their homes with these ornaments, lights and religious scenes.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Republicans and Democrats expressed identical concerns that by engaging in negotiations, Iran may be playing for time in an effort to move ahead with weapons-related enrichment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

This comes at a time when opinion polls show dropping support among Americans for the military effort in Afghanistan, where Afghan,American and NATO coalition forces together are fighting the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

This is the time of year when we see usually an effort by the insurgents to knock us of course and to try and attack the coalition and indeed the government of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"He has improved information-sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheld civil liberties, and he played a key role in our effort to update and reorient our intelligence community to meet the threats of our time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"And this fired my imagination. I thought,'My gosh, we could do something like that.'" Sir Clem Renouf, then president of Rotary International, convinced Rotarians across the globe to unite against the disease by raising money to fight the virus and by volunteering their time toward that effort.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02