1.  At times, by dint of heroic effort, the Elves achieved a breathing space and cleared their lands.

2.  Daisy, ever hopeful and optimistic, however, still made heroic efforts to win Perdita round.

3.  Despite heroic efforts by the scientists, these virgin-born turkeys rarely progressed beyond the stage of simple embryos.

4.  Despite heroic efforts to save him, he died.

5.  In gratitude for his heroic efforts over Henry the police had apprehended Duggie on the towpath.

6.  It was a heroic effort to try to evaluate business units using some notion of Market valuation.

7.  The company has made heroic efforts at cost reduction.

8.  Despite heroic efforts to save the business, it ultimately went bankrupt.

9.  She had seen what huge uphill problems they faced and she was determined to support their heroic effort to the best of her ability.

10.  Also on Thursday, new information was released about the barrage of gunfire leveled at officers by Gonzalez, and the heroic efforts to rescue Lazzaretto.