Sentence examples for inadequate return on from inspiring English sources

Recent polls show that Hu Jintao's expensive efforts to increase China's soft power have yielded an inadequate return on his investment, and this may remain true until China unleashes its civil society.

They also receive relatively low income from patents suggesting an inadequate return on investment.

The reason they don't invest in additional productive capacity and hire more people is they don't see a sufficient market for the added goods and services, which means an inadequate return on such investment.

If the consistency between them is inadequate, return to (1) with different parameters for the ellipsoid equation.

He also held that while "the Chindits gave a splendid example of courage and hardihood", their achievements were inadequate returns for the resources bestowed on them.

He cites inadequate returns to investors and poor customer service.

For Japan's hard-pressed savers and its underfunded pension schemes, that is a woefully inadequate return.

There is a strong economic argument for meeting that cost: studies have shown that spending on sanitation infrastructure can yield a fivefold return on investment, while inadequate sanitation can sap as much as seven per cent of G.D.P. per year.

IP income in Japanese universities has improved moderately in the last decade, but is still significantly smaller than that across UK universities suggesting that the return on investment for patent expenditure may be inadequate.

He could return on Wednesday.

They would return on Saturday.