Sentence examples for were a waste of effort from inspiring English sources

That helps explain why the 15 months that I spent working in the Ministry of Justice were a waste of effort.

To do so would be a waste of effort and send the wrong message.

In Babbage's case, it would all be a waste of effort anyway.

An assembly reduced to electoral machinations would be a waste of effort.

"There is no point going in there and being aggressive, that's a waste of effort".

According to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taping windows "is a waste of effort, time and tape".

First, what some single women imagine may not be feasible and may actually be a waste of effort.

It would be a waste of effort from our side if we tried to recreate that system".

The movie could have got by with its John Woo-style gunfight face-offs, but without an articulate laying out of the arguments it was a waste of effort.

Often the titles of dance pieces, like those of musical compositions, have absolutely nothing to do with what's happening in the performance, and looking to them for elucidation is a waste of effort.

Pushing ahead with shale gas extraction is a waste of effort and capital at a time when we need to be looking for ways to use less, not more fossil fuels.