Sentence examples for inconsequential debate from inspiring English sources

The off-stage negotiations overshadowed the fifth day of public meetings between negotiators appointed by the two chambers, which was supposed to focus on rules limiting banks from investing their own money, but instead largely was consumed by a lively but inconsequential debate about the government's role in mortgage lending.

An hour passed as they debated inconsequential amendments to a bill on industrial-workforce training.

Hence it's annoyingly common to spend hours debating something inconsequential, while the point of the assignment isn't dealt with.

Vice-presidential debates are often inconsequential, but Mr. Biden has an opportunity to remedy Mr. Obama's lack of interest with his typical, over-the-top intensity.

The argument was inconsequential.

"The current discourse about drones is polarized between two opposing camps: those who think the use of drones is morally and legally unacceptable, and those who reason that drones are so cheap and effective a debate about their use is inconsequential.

I have conversations with friends, some serious debates, some frivolous chats about inconsequential issues.

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The back-and-forth on Tuesday showed how highly political the debates about debates have become as each candidate jockeys for position over issues as seemingly inconsequential as the political affiliation of a site official.

Despite these promising findings, and because the majority of mtDNA polymorphisms are functionally inconsequential, associations with specific polymorphisms and cancer risk have been subject to heated debate.

In the light of such numbers, the debates of Democrats and Republicans over spending cuts likely to be of the order of $40-60bn40-60bnconsequentinconsequential