1.  Mr Hunt made a good effort to attract business to the state, but his political reforms floundered.

2.  Peter Pike and Davern Lambert had good efforts before Musgrove completed his hat-trick with a good shot on the turn.

3.  The student who works harder reaps many rewards and is thus encouraged to continue good efforts.

4.  Yes, er, very good effort.

5.  Four minutes later Darren Tilly wasted a good effort for Yate when he shot weakly at Warner after evading five tackles.

6.  Alomar credited the Seattle pitcher for a good effort.

7.  Analysts say HP probably should have jumped on the home PC phenomenon earlier, but that the company can still recover with a good marketing effort.

8.  And this time, I have to credit DaimlerChrysler with a pretty good effort in its trimming of the new Neon SXT model.

9.  A lot of DBs have good efforts in the playoffs.

10.  Against the likes of the Miami Heat, Knicks and Utah Jazz, a good effort is not good enough.