Sentence examples for not function effectively from inspiring English sources

"The office has clearly been so damaged that it is pretty clear to me that it could not function effectively," Mr. Rumsfeld told reporters.

The law "could not function effectively without the minimum coverage provision," the department said in the case decided Monday by Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Federal District Court in Richmond, Va.

However, especially if the administration does not function effectively, and reconciliation cannot be advanced with the Taliban, there is also a prospect of significantly greater political, security and economic instability in the country, despite the signing of the new US-NATO security deal.

The point is not that unless authoritative directives can be recognized as such, authorities could not function effectively.

However, in our laboratory tests, the artificial macropore did not function effectively at 80 mm · h−1 rainfall levels, which are occurring with increasing frequency these days.

However, even the artificial macropore could not function effectively when rainfall was 80 mm h−1, which is significant because rainfall events of this magnitude are increasingly common (The Japan Meteorological Agency [2013]).

The report also pointed out, however, that the E.U. regulatory regime for genetically modified organisms was not "functioning effectively".

In addition, we are in the process of developing a formal training, mentorship and support supervision program for district-based staff to improve M&E systems at district level, given that M&E systems at district level are not functioning effectively, yet districts serve as a center of focus in Uganda's decentralized health service delivery system.

It's for others to answer the question about the dogs that didn't bark: why other institutions in our society didn't function effectively over 18 months.

Too many students leave with a degree but can't function effectively in the workplace, where analytical thought and written expression are critical.

Holbrooke began by persuading an extremely grudging Izetbegovic that the Bosnian presidency couldn't function effectively without a staff, which Izetbegovic had blocked because he wanted the staff to consist mostly of Muslims rather than equally of the three ethnic groups.