Sentence examples for is largely ineffectual from inspiring English sources

As a parent, Liane often spoils Cartman, and is largely ineffectual as a disciplinarian.

As Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group points out, the real motive is neither vengeance nor a desire to protect Israel from Hamas' rocket fire, which has been virtually non-existent over the past two years and is largely ineffectual anyway.

But they have been largely ineffectual in any case.

The O.A.U. was largely ineffectual because refractory leaders and governments could not be sanctioned.

That government, despite recognition by the United Nations, received little support from Cambodians inside the country and was largely ineffectual.

Blanco, 37, looked heavy legged and the former West Ham United striker Guillermo Franco, leading the line, was largely ineffectual.

Consider the Ford factor: despite all his claims to the contrary, Ford's time as mayor was largely ineffectual.

Erica Pereira's in the third movement and Lauren King's in the fourth were largely ineffectual, both dancing with tepid energy.

But the regulations were largely ineffectual and did not stop another wave of inversions from taking place in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

"Once a crisis actually hits, policy tools are largely ineffectual," said Jason S. Grumet, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center, one of the event's sponsors.

Its military wing fires rockets into Israel to cause fear among the general population by killing or wounding people; its attacks are largely ineffectual because Israel has the Iron Dome defensive system that intercepts the rockets.