The building sat empty for a short time until efforts to preserve it began in 1996.

We had come slowly but irrevocably to the opinion, that our utmost efforts would not preserve one human being alive.

The Society united with other environmental groups to encourage the state government to begin a coordinated effort to preserve significant natural areas.

I shall make no effort to preserve, no effort to destroy.

Port Authority officials defend the effort to preserve these objects and encourage their use in any permanent memorial or museum.

The gardens make every effort to preserve the natural environment.

Fortunately, these efforts preserved the interior and restored the machinery for later use.

Missouri Republicans support all effort to honor and preserve America's religious heritage.

In other words, the Commission supports all efforts, wherever they come from, to preserve this constitutional process.

Without agreed effort by local business and private land owners to preserve the habitat, actually doing so will be proven to be difficult.