That protest, although ultimately futile, was a worthy cause.
That concept, although ultimately futile, gained some traction around that time, as Sikorski and Edvard Beneš from the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, signed an agreement declaring the intent to pursue closer cooperation on 10 November that year.
In that event, removing the prostate would have been futile, although the doctors would not have known it because they had not detected the cancer's microscopic spread.
It was their heaviest defeat since 1971 and its manner was so comprehensive that recriminations felt futile, although Roy Keane, the former captain, sniped from afar.
The New York Times article about the execution reported, "To the last they protested their innocence, and the efforts of many who believed them guiltless proved futile, although they fought a legal and extra legal battle unprecedented in the history of American jurisprudence".
His hope that coaches might turn down the job because they don't want to work under a sporting director also looks futile, although the only man publicly open to the idea so far is ex-France (and, briefly, Spurs) boss Jacques Santini, another former Saint-Etienne player, who told Canal Plus, "I'd love the chance to work for my former club".
A search for a protein orthologous to EcxR in all of the Rickettsia genomes proved futile, although the small size of this protein (108 aa) is likely confounding blastp searches.
Although resistance is logically futile, the resentment persists and is rationalized by defective explanations, since the alternative is emotionally unacceptable.
In addition to the Ward 7 seat, D.C. Democrats will decide three other council races and vote in the last Democratic presidential primary in the nation, between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — although that seems a futile effort, as Clinton has already amassed enough delegates to be the party's nominee.
In early September Humbert surrendered his tiny army which - although the invasion proved futile - had given a good account of itself.
