Sentence examples for far wasted from inspiring English sources

But the country has so far wasted an affordable opportunity to build up a large fund for use by future generations.

The wide-ranging reforms to Britain's benefits system have been beset by "weak management, poor governance" and a "fortress mentality" that has so far wasted £34 million of taxpayers' money, the Government's own auditors conclude today.

Although America, South Korea and Taiwan established enduringly successful semiconductor industries, others have so far wasted billions (see table).Will the new wave of activist policy prove any more successful?

The event, in any case, was far from wasted.

Her life was far from wasted, but the withering of her happiness turns Márton's movie into the saddest of testimonials.

£140m has so far been wasted introducing Universal Credit, the government's plan to restructure the benefits system and save money, according to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.

Japan does need massive fiscal stimulus to revive the economy, but thus far has wasted zillions of yen on politically directed projects, such as paving rural river beds, rather than funding productivity enhancers like more roads where they're needed.

Mader reports that while his method takes a few more minutes than driving, the time is far from wasted.

With up to 40% of the food supply in the U.S. ending up in the landfill, and organic waste making up the second highest component of landfills (thus resulting in the largest source of methane emissions), simply addressing the supply side of the issue will only get us so far: food wasted also means wasted GHG emissions.

But we have killed far too many people, wasted far too much time on this nonsense for us to keep going in this direction for fear of offense.

Far from wasting time, the boy may actually be engaged in a valuable act of discipline, one that will help him grow into the kind of self-regulating man the age of Enlightenment required.