Sentence examples for wasteful attempt from inspiring English sources

It is politicians, in a wasteful attempt to hide the consequences of their policies, that may undermine the single market.

The result is an overbearing, wasteful attempt to head off future crimes.

Critics alleged the scheme, which cost the country $8 billion in losses and left it with vast stockpiles of unsold rice, was a wasteful attempt to curry favour with rural voters.

Spurious binding could result in draining of RNAP molecules away from real promoters, in wasteful attempts to initiate transcription at unproductive sites, or in the generation of unwanted transcripts [8].

People are wasteful, wasted, wasting away".

Celtic had been wasteful in their attempts at mustering a response but Gary Hooper ensured exactly that – albeit seemingly from an offside position – when meeting Charlie Mulgrew's cross with his head.

Yet as the love affair with light rail blooms, there is an insistent group of transit experts who see these modern-day trolleys as wasteful and misguided attempts to grapple with overcrowded roads and tainted air.

Zuckerman's reports, filled with vulnerability indexes and allied calculations, consistently emphasized the value of selective, strategic targeting bombing of transport nodes rather than wasteful and ineffective attempts to crush morale through area bombing.

With plastic consumption growing, some are calling for a bigger-picture attempt to reduce wasteful use of plastic, increase recycling and raise awareness that plastic is essentially stored petroleum.

Palin, however, characterized Ryan's Republican budget plan as a weak attempt to address wasteful government spending.

In launching and scaling Riders for Health, and in their partnerships with African national health ministries, Barry and Andrea are saving countless lives and attempting to transform wasteful development practice into one that is accountable, efficient and effective.