But now, she added, there is an effort to turn the school around.

He said that school officials hoped to visit every child's home in an effort to turn things around.

There have been various efforts to turn the tunnels to good uses.

He made no effort to look up or turn his head.

It was an effort for him to turn his head.

It needed an effort to turn to Jill, to force her mind back to what she should be doing.

Despite making an effort to turn professional, the club was not elected.

And who wants to think about the well planned effort to turn our economy into one resembling a third world's?

Something compelled him to make the effort to turn his head.

It seemed to take him an effort to turn away and leave.