Sentence examples for became unproductive from inspiring English sources

In fact, under state ownership the mines became unproductive, inefficient and overstaffed.

Although successful at first, the sessions later became unproductive; Minogue then began working with British electronic music producer Stuart Price, who became the executive producer of the album.

Stopped-flow absorbance spectroscopy was previously used to obtain the absorbance spectrum of the pterin product(s) to clarify the step at which the reaction became unproductive.

At what point does our advice become unproductive interference?

At the same time, too much questioning can become unproductive, so Ms. O'Shea will set limits.

He said the company's research and development activities had become unproductive in recent years.

Nonetheless, the gap between GDP and jobs cannot be wholly explained by systemic underestimation.(2) Post-crash Britain has become unproductive and this is permanent.

In winter such food sources become unproductive, so the turtledove and the mourning dove, in the northern part of their respective ranges, migrate southward.

"Farming is a different circumstance, once you lose someone off the land and the property lies dormant, it becomes unproductive," Langhorne said.

As a direct result of soil erosion, possibly 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive in just 40 years, leading to severe declines in bird and animal life.

On teams where debate becomes unproductive, drawing lines around areas of responsibility can help.