Sentence examples for feeble means from inspiring English sources

Shareholders and corporate governance have proved to be feeble means for reining in corporate pay.

Quoting Mayan astronomers who set the start of a new 5,125-year 5,125-year012, Mr Pérepoch former general, vowed to save the country from ins "crisis" of crime and poverty.Guatemala has grave problems and feeble means to combat them.

"By attempting to save a huge organization with feeble means, it reveals our (real or perceived) powerlessness.

The recent spell of strong jobs growth and feeble output means that productivity declined by 0.4% over the past year, JPMorgan calculates.

A feeble dollar means inflation witness what's happened to commodity prices over the last four years, the most prominent being oil, which has almost quadrupled in price.

The rivals for an England opening slot provided fireworks at the Rose Bowl, Carberry smashing 87 off 63 balls, with Wright replying with 116 off 66 – but Sussex's feeble support meant his superb effort was in vain.

The M.T.A.'s program of planting small change, keys and pinkie rings down there on the bottom, to be discovered and fished out by passers-by, is a feeble ploy meant to distract the taxpayer from the ugly truth.

These were by no means feeble minded and passive recipients of Islamic State (Isis) messages who became programmed to kill.

The real reason to eliminate pennies is that their feeble purchasing power means dealing with the coins, and making change to the nearest cent, is a uneconomic waste of time for consumers, retailers and small businesses.

Their love not only meant forging Christian commitment in those whose faith was, at least in Arif and Kathleen's terms, feeble; it also meant guiding Muslims toward Jesus.

Although the feeble tug in response means he might get a meal today, it brings the poor fellow small cheer.