Sentence examples for once efficient from inspiring English sources

CAPITALISM breeds specialization, which is at once efficient and unfortunate.

The once efficient Obama transition has ground to a near standstill after tax problems bedeviled several of his nominees, leaving the top echelon of his government largely unassembled.

By then, perhaps the Giants will discover what happened to their once efficient offense, which was held to one late touchdown.

Featherbedding provisions in labour contracts may result from the continuation of work rules that were once efficient but that have become obsolete because of changed technology.

Oladipo is at once efficient and electrifying, melding those treasured Hoosier State virtues of defense, hustle and offensive rebounding with a style as magnetic as his personality.

Built by the Belgians in 1902 to bring minerals like copper to the Atlantic, the once efficient railways have deteriorated to the point that derailments and brake failures are regular occurrences.

Six months into the nap programme, the once-efficient team was reaching only 55% of its weekly goals, down some 30 percentage points from before the sleep experiment, Mushtaq explained.

Its civil service, once relatively efficient and uncorrupted, has been all but destroyed.

They were once gleaming, efficient dispensers of comfort food, shiny chrome and beveled milky glass.

"Once an efficient production centre for rubber, Malaysia over the years has increasingly turned to oil palm," said the voiceover.

The machine was once so efficient that Mr. Koizumi's predecessor, Yoshiro Mori, told undecided voters in 2000 that they should stay at home.