That effort bore its first fruit this week when 81 gifted teachers were awarded national teaching certification at a ceremony in Washington.

A&M's efforts bore fruit in 1997, when it was able to offer the first engineering courses.

Those efforts bore little fruit: On April 13, the discount stood at 27.9 percent.

However, Goddard's efforts as an author and publisher bore considerable fruit.

Their efforts bore fruits and performance of the bank improved significantly.

Their efforts not only bore physical fruition, but were proved correct (see usage figures, right).

These efforts bore fruit in two remarkable new designs.

And in a corner of the collapsed hearth, my efforts bore fruit.

This spring their efforts bore fruit as Republicans introduced a bill to repeal the ban.

I'm happy to say that your efforts bore extremely ripe fruit.