"I don't know for sure, but it could be a personal effort to get his brother freed," an Administration official said.

The preparation process lasted three years thanks to personal efforts.

So she decided to let events take their course, without making any personal effort to alter them.

Not that it required a great deal of personal effort from him.

He said the mortgage, which later became a gift, was a "personal, financial effort to help out someone who I had a serious relationship with."

Do you know, I mean for so long now we've done it very much on personal effort.

Certainly it is always our best work which leaves the least sense of personal effort.

"We're really looking for opportunities where, through our personal efforts, we can add value."

I can bear witness to the fact that he has put a great deal of personal effort into writing this report.

She makes a great personal effort to be present at almost all the Commission meetings.