Assertion: squadron's effort | /r/HasProperty | ineffectual
Facets:
value: due to a desire
type: CAUSE
value: often
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Far from the Pax Britannica style policing of the 1840s and 1850s, early efforts to suppress the slave trade were often ineffectual due to a desire to keep on good terms with other European powers.