Example sentences of "waste [prep] time and effort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Press conferences At the national level , press conferences can often prove to be a waste of time and effort . |
| 2 | In a similar way this is equally true of people in quest of honours , with the corresponding waste of time and effort expended in trying to secure the bauble . |
| 3 | It did not , however , wipe out the waste of time and effort caused by her foolish decision to lie . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 5 | With a reply like that it would have been a waste of time and effort to pursue the issue . |
| 6 | This trip was a waste of time and effort . |
| 7 | Gerry was taught to drive in nineteen forty six in the States , where they , they gone , they 'd gone over to total automatic , and he despised manual gears , thought they were a ridiculous waste of time and effort , said you want to concentrate on the , on the road , not on the car , but then you see Gerry improved himself , he was a |
| 8 | It 's a waste of time and effort in n it ? |