Sentence examples for proved ineffective in from inspiring English sources

The legal restrictions have proved ineffective in preventing the illicit export of important works.

But its technique proved ineffective in extracting gas from shale rock.

Again, the law has proved ineffective in stopping this, and increasing consumerism may have led to even more extravagant demands.

About 100,000 of the "Ayrton fans" were produced, but they proved ineffective in actual combat conditions.

The biggest difference this has made so far is to reverse some policies that have proved ineffective in the past.

This money has funded the militarization of police and contributed to the mano dura policies that have proved ineffective in stopping the violence associated with the drug trade.

Mr. Pape said that over the last 17 years, this strategy has been tried six times and backfired or proved ineffective in each instance.

While the city flourished, the province remained depopulated; eventually it joined the Achaean League, which proved ineffective in protecting Messenia from Spartan onslaughts.

Yet they proved ineffective in their quest to sell the beleaguered supermarket's wares to the people that watch their TV shows.

It could be catastrophic for the ocean ecosystem, the film argues, and government regulations have proved ineffective in the face of rising demand.

Although it ultimately proved ineffective in treating these disorders, the "gasogene" that employed this technique later made possible the soda-water industry.