Example sentences of "[adj] waste [prep] time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet that person with AD may be ‘ positioned ’ differently , both by themselves and others , if they avoid the games because they perceive them as a mindless waste of time and prefer to go for a walk instead . |
| 2 | That must represent a tremendous waste of time and paper every day . |
| 3 | If not , it is an appalling waste of time and money that would be better spent on other things . |
| 4 | In any case , this type of speculation is a complete waste of time and anyone who seriously thinks that all is quiet on the western front as the twentieth century draws to a close must be dozing in his dug-out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | One complainant wrote to say that this milestone in the study of human sexuality was nothing more than a complete waste of time and simply confirmed the writer 's conviction that ‘ the male population is a herd of prancing , leering goats ’ . |
| 7 | The counties ' fire service committee chairman , Tom Jones , said that the review would be a ‘ complete waste of time and money ’ . |
| 8 | Him apart though it was pretty much all no-hopers — nothing more than a total waste of time and a convenient way for Paul to take the pressure off himself . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A terrible waste of time and money . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | The task of education business partnerships is to create , improve , protect and champion good learning environments ; if they do n't do this , they are an expensive waste of time and resources . |
| 16 | Very often heavy cloud over the target area would completely obscure it and the bombs were sometimes dropped more by luck than good judgement and often in quite the wrong places , with the resulting waste of time and armament and unnecessary loss of life . |