Sentences with phrase «proving ineffectual»

When this proved ineffectual, she decided to leave him and wrote up a....

When this proved ineffectual, she decided to leave him and wrote up a repudium, a lawful bill of divorce.

The Institute has also supported the removal of the Warranty Link Rule, which has proved ineffectual since its introduction in 2005.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- The «Blue Dogs,» a group of moderate to conservative House Democrats who have worked to limit the price tag of health care reform legislation, are taking a hit from a prominent Republican who is suggesting that the group will ultimately prove ineffectual.

The pairing had potential, but the actors prove ineffectual at bringing out each other's ability to be silly, in part because of an ill - conceived script.

When the usual swag proves ineffectual, Jamie offers Knight a «preceptorship,» a $ 1,000 payment that will let Jamie shadow him around the office, ostensibly to learn about his specialty.

Unlike Ken, I think the actions of our government will prove ineffectual.

To the extent that such an approach has proven ineffectual, it's been because politicians placed the desires of business before the needs of the environment, as for example when the Clinton and Bush Administrations failed to tighten fuel economy standards.

The NRA «paid $ 5 million to lobbyists last year» and there is no indication that the time and money spent buying off cowardly politicians will prove ineffectual.

«Hansen is pursuing a deeply flawed model of policy change, one that will prove ineffectual, and with its most lasting consequence a further politicization of climate science.»

Not exact matches

The Lensois proved resolute during the first half and OM were unable to break them down, with the ineffectual Andre - Pierre Gignac guilty of missing several chances.

There has been an overwhelming call for Roma to bring in a proven striker who can bring Roma's ineffectual attack back to respectability.

Indeed, the promising young Spaniard held all the hallmarks of a committee signing; if Brendan had gotten his way Liverpool would've ended up with an industrious if ineffectual Ben Davies; Premier League proven through and through, and playing at Rodgers's former club in Swansea.

In fact, the «old school» techniques including timeouts, spanking, yelling, and chastising have been proven to be ineffectual.

Mayor deBlasio, so widely seen as incompetent and ineffectual that even some of his strongest «progressive» allies in the Legislature are wary of being associated with him, especially if they hail from the suburbs, where identification with the mayor could prove fatal in next year's elections.

It's as if his on - stage portrayal of Willy Loman's ineffectual stumbling drives him to prove that he, at least, can be a real man.

But NCLB's complicated regulations proved to be unworkable and ineffectual.

To that end, they will not endorse ideas that are proven to be harmful or ineffectual.

Despite fears she would «destroy public education,» DeVos's K — 12 agenda has proven almost completely ineffectual.

And ii) Trump as President really could happen (for much the same reasons as the Brexit vote), but now the market (like the GOP) already seems to be moving on to bargaining (& acceptance)... And anyway, a) East Coast - West Coast shame at the idea of a Trump presidency shouldn't precipitate an actual market decline, b) a President who likely ends up isolated from Congress is sure to be pretty ineffectual (as Obama's proved), c) if Trump manages to get anything done, it would probably be stimulative for the market, and d) if Hillary wins... yawn, plus ca change!

Obama was a good president, but proved to be totally ineffectual re climate change.

Do not let one ineffectual therapist deter you from receiving help that is proven to work.