Sentence examples for pointless courses from inspiring English sources

That Andrew Adonis, whose government has failed to truly make a difference to the learning gap between rich and poor, could retaliate with nothing better than "inverted snobbery" to a report which finds that poorer pupils are being pushed into pointless courses to make the government look better, is unsurprising.

In it he attacks a fear of elitism and says that billions of pounds have been wasted on pointless university courses and Sure Start schemes for young children.

"This is utterly pointless of course.

The spoon would be pointless, of course, without ice, so good ice trays are essential.

Quite pointless, of course, for he had to take that Lucien home.

It was pointless, of course, but I knew he needed to do it, so I let him.

It was utterly pointless of course, but I was just looking to make a point," an anonymous former inmate told the Guardian.

Mike's investigation supports this claim, and Karen's investigation seems pointless: of course plants need air to grow, besides, how can you learn about air by weighing the soil ?

It is of course pointless to compare mere mortals with such extreme athletic obsession.

I'm surprised, frankly, as Richard has been involved in some of my favourite television, including Total Wipeout, the underrated Bromwell High and, of course, Pointless.

Not all of Wall Street's concoctions have been pointless or destructive, of course.