The efforts of the home unions' committee appear to have worked - for now at least.

Those efforts appear to be paying off, the company said.

But the report found that such efforts appear to have had little impact so far.

But the efforts appear to have accomplished little, the study said.

Last year, he started a Christmas light show, and the efforts appear to be paying off.

Those efforts appear to have been at least partially successful.

The effort appears to have left him more vulnerable than ever before.

But the American effort appeared to be weeks too late.

At this point, the effort appears to have paid off.

Past efforts at reform appear to have done little good.