Sentence examples for efforts were unproductive from inspiring English sources

In 1961, Ian Fleming published his novel based upon a television screenplay that he, and others developed into the film screenplay; the efforts were unproductive, and Fleming expanded the script into his ninth James Bond novel.

Set pieces were unproductive.

It would also likely be unproductive, because previous efforts to limit access to these drugs have met with resistance from groups some funded by the pharmaceutical industry that point out, reasonably, that adults with chronic pain deserve to have their suffering mitigated as much as possible.

Efforts to avoid or suppress thinking anxious thoughts are most likely to be unproductive and backfire.

But, at the same time, it can stall efforts to change in productive ways and lead to institutionalizing behaviors that are unproductive.

For the owners of the coal mine however all of this skill and effort was completely unproductive, no matter how entertaining it was for the guys in question.

We assume that the unproductive efforts are related to the country's institutional quality and to the level of a worker's and manager's ability.

It is unproductive".

That, too, was unproductive.

"But being small is unproductive".

In recent times, farming has been unproductive.