Although there was no lack of enthusiasm for developing an indigenous American theatre at the end of the 18th century, the plays written and produced during that period proved lifeless and derivative, often little more than adaptations of English successes.
Rocks and soil brought back to Earth from Mars by a future space mission should be handled as if they were chock full of deadly microbes, even though they will almost certainly prove lifeless, a panel of experts said yesterday.
It proved to be a lifeless and wordy construct that was about nothing but itself.
I always felt trying to winkle out eight wickets on a lifeless pitch would be a tough ask, and so it proved, notwithstanding some crazy shots from the West Indies batsmen.
With fellow rookie Tom Milnes also in the squad, that puts a lot of weight on the shoulders of Clarke and Irishman Boyd Rankin, who proved his return to fitness after a foot injury last week with an energetic performance on a lifeless track in the Bears' drawn match at Hove.
Beyond the pharmaceutical breakthrough that the combined research proved to be, it also made more comprehensible the way enzymes had been formed when the chemistry of life was evolving on a lifeless planet.
These new techniques, in addition to proving their usefulness in this study, will better equip scientists to predict what sorts of underwater flows, wave action and temperatures may help preserve healthy reefs and prevent a process called "bleaching" that turns once-vibrant coral ecosystems into lifeless white rock.
The theme proved ill-conceived, perhaps in poor taste and absolutely poorly timed, as the Knicks stumbled through another four quarters Wednesday night, allowing the Celtics — undeniably old, but hardly lifeless — to take a 92-86 victory, extending this first-round series once again.
In that work, he proved that air is a mixture of two gases; 'vital air', which is essential to combustion and respiration, and azote (Gk. "lifeless"), which did not support either.
Lifeless performance by Yanks.
