Sentence examples for pointless spending from inspiring English sources

Yes, the Republicans were correct to laugh at one of the president's own gimmicks on Wednesday night: a symbolic and pointless spending "freeze".

Don't be Hermione Granger and buy all the books It is pointless spending £100 on that laminated encyclopedia of functional histology.

So, what happens when the heart surgeons, dentists, litigators, and people who employ 10 or 20 other people in their mid-size businesses decide that they don't want to pay for the excessive, pointless spending that the president finds so compelling?

After all it may appear pointless spending limited resources to keep the appointment to women who may not afford the definitive treatment if confirmed positive.

DEPENDING on who you believe, the brave new Scotland could either be a modest but morally-pure contributor to global peace or a backward, isolated Ruritania, half-crippled by pointless arms spending and itching to build ballistic missiles.

Mpire, Hulett's Seattle start-up, just unveiled a new Web application designed to help marketers cut out such wasteful and pointless ad spending.

Mr. Loria, who took over in 2002, argued that it was pointless to spend money on top players without a domed stadium.

While the administration ponders the detainees' legal fate, it seems pointless to spend more money and energy moving them to "Gitmo North" – maximum-security prisons in the United States where they may be far more harshly treated.

"There comes a stage where you think it is pointless to spend so much, especially when it concerns players that Chelsea could develop within their own system or within their own youth academy.

Santorum is apparently going to spend his time in Michigan, not Arizona, which is smart, because Arizona is a winner-take-all contest, and if you're not going to have a shot at winning, it's pointless to spend a lot of resources there.

She did not yield immediately: Germany would not engage in a "pointless race to spend billions", she told 1,000-odd 1,000-odd in Stuttgart.