You need to
exert enough effort to know what information you need to put in your cover letter.
As an indie author who
exerts enough effort making others aware of the book and coercing them to buy and then read it, you know for darn sure I ain't dealing with returns.
Not exact matches
It's neither overdone nor nonchalant as though to say: I
exerted some
effort, but only
enough to look presentable.
Neeson seems bored and that impacts the end result — if he doesn't care
enough to
exert some
effort, why should we invest in the tale?
That's much less of a problem with its superior sequel, which is comfortable
enough in its own outrageousness, and underlying substance, that it doesn't need to
exert quite so much furious
effort to be cool, and clever and subversive.