Sentence examples for be futile on from inspiring English sources
We asked whether attempts to introduce headache services in poor countries would be futile on grounds of cost and unsustainability.
Notably, the elevated expression of Trp transporters could improve cell growth on Trp or 4FTrp, but the elevated expression of Trp biosynthetic genes would be futile on account of the aroI906, trpC 2 mutations rendering QB928, and all its derivative strains incapable of Trp biosynthesis.
Blocking is futile on Twitter, and if you threaten people with it, there's a really good chance that you're a douchebag.
They say the referrals are more important than ever since admission now is so selective at the more highly ranked UC campuses such as Berkeley and UCLA, and it can be futile to rely on their waiting lists.
But it would be futile to spend money on military missions while shortchanging the AU's political instruments – prevention and mediation should be the top funding priorities.
Because feelings are so strong on both sides, said Mr. McCall, the former comptroller, it would be futile to make a decision based on politics because some people inevitably will be left unhappy.
But administration officials said today that it would be futile to try to force negotiations on the federal budget.
If the same is true in humans, it may be futile to try to catch up on missed sleep, say US scientists.
Regarding overall morbidity, we found no association with benefit or harm between groups, but the trial sequential analysis indicated it would be futile to obtain more trial data on this outcome.
Cabinet ministers in the civilian Government that supplanted the military in July 1974 said the prospect of war with Turkey over Cyprus had persuaded members of the junta that it was futile to carry on any longer.
My current fear is that religious groups known to favour large families are busily working not just in the third world but in China as well...so that any sacrifice or self control (by way of smaller families) on our part could be futile if migrants carry on arriving here unchecked.
