Sentence examples for be ineffectual in from inspiring English sources

Nato proved to be ineffectual in the face of the takeover of Crimea but the Baltic countries are potentially different.

"If Turkey proves to be ineffectual in resolving the Syrian conflict, then all of the claims of its regional prowess will take a big hit".

Both Johnson and President Jimmy Carter faced liberal primary challenges when they stood for re-election: Mr. Johnson because of the Vietnam War and Mr. Carter because he was deemed to be ineffectual in advancing liberal ideals.

He said the campaign was an "outdated dramatisation" of the effects of marijuana, and that such scare tactics had been found to be ineffectual in encouraging substance abusers to seek treatment.

And, indeed architects, whose job description is about doing something or other to do with buildings and might therefore be thought to have something to contribute, but who have so far tended to be ineffectual in leading the debate.

He is frequently described by some within the department as being out of touch with its nuts-and-bolts workings, and has appeared to some to be ineffectual in ways that his counterpart at the Police Department, Raymond W. Kelly, is not.

It was an indictment of the opposition that they had been ineffectual in their primary aim.

The British tripartite system of oversight was ineffectual in the Northern Rock crisis.

But his allies concede that he has at times been ineffectual in battles over public opinion.

As currently proposed, they are liable to circumvention, are unimplementable in some aspects, and are ineffectual in others.

The policy was ineffectual in many ways and thus led to the uncertainty and complexity of domain name disputes.