Example sentences of "waste [prep] time and money " in BNC.

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1 In trying to educate people against using it , I would emphasise not its dangers but the fact that ultimately it is a complete waste of time and money .
2 ‘ A waste of time and money , in my opinion , those conferences .
3 ‘ Enough to know it 's a waste of time and money . ’
4 They were therefore leaving it exposed to the elements until it reached the point where ministers decided it was a waste of time and money to restore it .
5 What a waste of time and money .
6 ‘ It is a waste of time and money to send a member of staff on a course yet frustrate every attempt to use this new found knowledge . ’
7 A waste of words is also a waste of time and money .
8 They are a waste of time and money and I do n't believe they work
9 What 's so ludicrous about all this , aside from the paternalistic attitude that they 're protecting Neil ‘ for his own good ’ , aside from the fact that it 's an outrageous waste of time and money , is the arbitrary way customs exercise power .
10 In such a case a complete reconsideration of the case , including the taking of evidence and the finding of facts , would be a waste of time and money ; so the court can remit the case and direct the authority to reconsider the facts in the light of the law as it has been held to be .
11 A terrible waste of time and money .
12 But not even the picturesque village setting could alter the impression that the XVIth triennial meeting of the International Council of Museums ( ICOM , 19–26 September ) was a colossal waste of time and money .
13 If it is not it will be a waste of time and money to include the gift and it may even be detrimental to your relationship with individual members of the media .
14 If not , it is an appalling waste of time and money that would be better spent on other things .
15 He claims that it will be a waste of time and money .
16 Parents say the tests are a waste of time and money .
17 But the reformed abusers say the campaign is a waste of time and money .
18 David Sharod said yesterday , after being cleared by magistrates on a charge of abandoning his tropical fish : ‘ It 's been a total waste of time and money . ’
19 It has n't been a waste of time and money .
20 The counties ' fire service committee chairman , Tom Jones , said that the review would be a ‘ complete waste of time and money ’ .
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