Sentence examples for become ineffectual from inspiring English sources

Mr. Ramirez said he dropped his longstanding support of Mr. Engel because the congressman had become ineffectual and was out of touch with his district.

Having become ineffectual to the point that the conservatives started to like him, he is at last having a proper go at the judges who gag and jail his supporters, and at the conservative-dominated Council of Guardians, which, in its capacity as an appointed upper house, summarily vetoes all reformist bills.

It identifies as major issues the rise of executive power at the expense of Parliament, the frustration of political activists who feel they are ignored by party leaderships and the lack of differentiation between the parties.The argument that Parliament has become ineffectual must have a hollow ring to government ministers.

The fire could not be put out because the engine's two extinguishers had become ineffectual following the destruction caused to the engine cowling by the broken compressor casing.

He never abolished jizyah, but the effort to collect the tax became ineffectual.

The mortgage loan becomes ineffectual when the note holder did not also hold the deed of trust.

Of additional concern is the possibility that the virus may become endemic if case numbers were to rise to a point at which vector control measures became ineffectual at controlling virus spread.

As I explained in my prior column, the APA Council had become increasingly ineffectual over the course of the previous CEO's administration and was heavily controlled by upper echelon staff operating through the APA Board of Directors.

Some have called for a negotiated end to what has become a largely ineffectual terrorist campaign.

Now, almost 26 years later, in the face of public outrage prompted by the light criminal sentences and the inescapable contrast with the BP disaster, the Indian government is trying shake off the shadow of Bhopal, an episode that has become synonymous with ineffectual governance and humiliation at the hands of Western capital.

A7 Tough Times for Taiwan Leader After sweeping the Nationalist Party out of power for the first time in 55 years last year, President Chen Shas-bian has encountered a legislature and bureaucracy loyal to the old guard and has become an isolated, ineffectual figure.