Sentences with phrase «pointless exercise for»

It was a rather elaborate and pointless exercise for both of us, but we soldiered on through the 90 - minute application of dye, heat setting, rinsing and blow - drying.

This is a pointless exercise for iRF efficacies, since none of the studies use iRF values.

In most (but obviously not all) instances, I think trying to forecast the future is much like forecasting economic growth — a difficult, frustrating & often pointless exercise for investors — far better to focus on the best companies & management teams.

Hair washing was a pretty pointless exercise for Felix for the first several years of his life; he was bald until 2.

Not exact matches

By all means give him credit for the pub redevelopment, but other than that pointless exercise he ain't done a lot has he?

I know walking can seem pointless as you don't feel like you're exercising hard, but in my experience, it's the best exercise for getting rid of fat on your lower half.

It was perhaps asking a bit too much of EA to get everything right for their first attempt, but even then, Grand Slam Tennis has all but made pressing buttons instead of swinging arms to hit a tennis ball an archaic, unsatisfying and pointless exercise.

However, but for right at the end of the film, when the dance provides a tempo and impetus to the soldiers going blazing in for the rescue, the whole exercise seems pointless and indulgent.

It might be as good as you can make one of these «ridiculous to sublime» zombie flicks, but that's just not good enough; its appeal is mostly to an audience that can appreciate its gross - out camp humor and can overlook that it's a pointless exercise — totally falling apart when it tries in an existential way to explore the moral boundaries between the present and the beyond, but thankfully for only a brief period.

In fact, Isobel Lucas probably puts in the most emotionally effective performance in a very small role (going to show yet again just how pointless an exercise Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was for all involved.

I found that film to be an ugly and largely pointless exercise in brutality, but if that didn't scratch your itch for office - set murder movies, perhaps Mayhem, the newest film from director Joe Lynch (Everly), will be more up your alley.

It is, of course, a pointless exercise; the moment I go for a test drive, I'll simply rediscover the truck's flaws.

For the Authors and Publishers who keep repeating this pointless exercise — Every single book in the Kindle Store has a free chapter.

Unfortunately, this is somewhat academic... Focusing on a P / E ratio might make some sense with oil majors (since other investors are doing exactly the same), but for juniors it's a pretty pointless exercise.

For the little credits mining brings in, it quickly becomes a pointless exercise as doing faction missions will net you far more cash at a much quicker pace.

Given that GISS have changed their models since 1988, GISS would presumably argue that the run is pointless, but the cost of doing the run doesn't appear to be large and it seems like a reasonable exercise for someone to do.

Not only would EPA resources that might otherwise be devoted to wrecking more vulnerable programs be engaged in a pointless exercise, but this would be a tremendous organizing, fundraising, and media opportunity for the green lobby.

As we see it, for professor Brand's claim to be accurate, it must be demonstrated that there is risk, i.e. that some consumers WILL litigate, otherwise the exercise is pointless.