71.  The early efforts had a common flaw, though.

72.  They defended their plans before the Commerce oversight subcommittee, likening their work to early efforts at invitro fertilization.

73.  His early efforts were denounced by zoologists, but today his work is universally acknowledged as an important weapon in the fight to save animals from extinction.

74.  It was the visitors who dominated the early exchanges as full back Gary Neville had one early long-range effort well saved by Michael Konsel in the Rapid goal.

75.  They dominated the first period with and could have scored after just seven minutes, as Raul Gonzalez Blanco sliced an early effort wide.

76.  Several early efforts to cross the Auckland tryline were foiled by superb tackling and, as the match progressed, the Cats backs saw the ball increasingly rarely.