11.   Despite the efforts of Starbuck and Stubb to abandon the mad chase, the Pequod plunges ahead.

12.   Elias noted that to adopt this approach in our work requires a special effort of detachment.

13.   Enhancing that contempt is the effort of feminists to emasculate the political order itself.

14.   He also flouted the censorship efforts of the Vatican bureaucracy, the Curia, by talking to journalists.

15.   He then walked out of the shop, despite the efforts of staff to block his path.

16.   However, these difficulties were overcome by the efforts of devoted officers.

17.   I pay tribute to the efforts of the construction industry training board.

18.   I think we as writers should respect and be grateful for the efforts of our peers to avoid destructive or insensitive criticism.

19.   Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.

20.   In particular, we should applaud the efforts of Tom McHugh and the Parking Section in their very important revenue gathering work.