An earlier effort to wake him was made last week.

To a large extent, that earlier effort has not worked.

This, he said, led to the collapse of his early efforts.

Compare these notes with the earlier efforts by a different student on p.41.

A few have gone on to paint something, which they will later describe in an early effort at writing.

The center opened three years ago, after an earlier effort to lease office space failed.

It draws, however, on his earlier similar efforts published in 1937.

The earlier efforts raised questions about the agency's ability to enforce its rules.

His early efforts were clumsy, but he's getting better at this stuff.

He is best known for his early efforts to promote national and provincial public health care systems.