When the Tilneys were gone, she became amiable again, but she was amiable for some time
to little effect; Mrs.
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He was coached -
to little effect - by wheelchair basketball star Ade Adepitan in Trafalgar Square, where the event will be shown on a giant screen.
Boris gets his bowls in a twist
Despite some promising partnering, the dancers expended a great deal of energy
to little effect. In different performances Herman Cornejo and David Hallberg, excellent men both, worked to shape their leading part in the first movement especially, but it was a losing battle--and frustrating to the audience--as the dance progressed with relentless pacing.
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Mandates for electric cars have been in effect for years,
to little effect, either in terms of sales or clearing the air.
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Moreover, it is occasionally repetitive
to little effect. Furthermore, the author makes no explicit attempt to integrate his work into recent historiographical trends, though connections can often be made by the perceptive reader.
Francis Bacon: History, Politics and Science, 1561-1626
These laws have been repeatedly amended to include more diseases, but
to little effect, since the Veterans Administration continues to deny all but 3 per cent of claims.
The greatest sacrifice
Hart sent on Chopra for the final 13 minutes
to little effect.
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The $50- million-a-year subsidy harks back to the 1970s, when "alternative" energy sources were showered with handouts
to little effect. Such plants work in Europe only thanks to sky-high taxes on energy sources.
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