"Under the circumstances, for our horse to get up and run third was an excellent effort for him," Asmussen said.

Nevertheless, it was an excellent effort by a 19-year-old competing in her first Olympics.

"We got excellent efforts from everybody in this room."

It was an excellent effort on our part.

This is the result of the excellent efforts of employees throughout Caterpillar - on the plant floors and elsewhere.

The album is considered "an excellent effort."

But there were some excellent individual efforts.

I would like readers to know of the excellent efforts you have made to stimulate community action in Wales.

So much excellent effort thrown away, not to speak of pounds, shillings, and pence.

Bodor made an excellent effort and regained the lead in the second half of the race.