Sentence examples for a profligacy of from inspiring English sources

A profligacy of carbon emission has led to climate change which may cause future screenings of Springwatch to fall in March, then February, then January - until finally spring is abolished altogether as an event.

And every hard-luck story is drawn with such a profligacy of detail as to make Dickens look restrained.

It's the prelude to the delicate, quick surgery that lies at the heart of making of kahi, a phyllo-esque pastry that marries the delicate layering of a Parisian mille-feuille with the profligacy of a glazed cream doughnut.

But in a sign of the challenges ahead, few were willing to take responsibility for the profligacy of a country where tax evasion is rampant and a spending spree by successive governments has led to nearly $400 billion in debt.

The group, which campaigns for better use of public funds, said last week that: "Spending £250,000 on a whim because [the BBC] wants a better view is profligacy of the highest degree".

This is an unprecedented and morally odious type of collective punishment imposed on a majority of Greeks, who did not see a penny from the profligacy of their rulers and who live close to the poverty line.

Had England played to anywhere near their potential, had they not lost Wayne Rooney to a red card after 61 minutes, they might have punished the outrageous profligacy of a Portugal team stripped not only of their influential playmakers Costinha and Deco, but a sense of decency and, more pertinently, any notion of adventure.

In Mr. Ahmadinejad, the public saw a man who repudiated the profligacy of the clerical class, a man who was ascetic, humble and devout.

The unions win huge pay rises, exposing the profligacy of a system rooted in monopoly advertising.

Instead, it became a symbol of the profligacy of the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), which sank billions into the project and produced a glittering ghost town.

The cities will also need to find ways of reducing water consumption, especially from industries and commercial enterprises, but also from the profligacy of a small number of rich domestic consumers.