Indeed, it was to be the first act in a long exercise of futile mega diplomacy.

Those resolutions rendered any dispute over the State to which Nagorno Karabakh belonged, or the right of its population to secede, a completely futile and senseless exercise.

And we're trying to tell them, It's not futile.

Do you build futile a sign on every prominence ?

Do you build futile a sign on every prominence ?

This is a futile exercise, not only because Israel would never disarm unilaterally, but also because without normal inter state relations in the region it is impossible to engage seriously in an effective dialogue on such vital issues.

It is futile for the Bush administration to deny it.

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

Predictably, going it alone has proven futile in ensuring economic recovery.

The Arabs capacity to maintain their pressure on Israel and to keep world opinion focused on the Palestinians plight made Israel s quest for evading the consequences of the conflict, either through periodic wars or by forging alternative regional alliances, a futile exercise.

Only a month ago, Mubarak dismissed demands for constitutional reform as futile.

After many futile efforts, the EU must get tough with the perpetrators.

In the end, Chen s effort was as futile as it was foolish.

Any attempt to distort or even deny resolution 2758 (XXVI) is futile.

Those differences are so huge that some people consider efforts to compete futile.

The State party's action in expelling the complainant in the face of the Committee's request for interim measures nullified the effective exercise of the right to complaint conferred by article 22, and has rendered the Committee's final decision on the merits futile and devoid of object.

The State party's action in expelling the complainant in the face of the Committee's request for interim measures nullified the effective exercise of the right to complaint conferred by article 22, and has rendered the Committee's final decision on the merits futile and devoid of object.

But this lack of quick success does not mean that these efforts are futile.

Trying to end the Middle East conflict in such a climate would be futile.

The best of plans and intentions are futile without adequate resources to support them.

It stated that interventions aimed at objectives inconsistent with economic fundamentals were futile and counter productive.

Instead of continuing along this futile path, the Fed should end its open ended QE3 now.

The author claims that it would have been futile to lodge an amparo in his case.

But if basic research is neglected, attempts to produce quick innovations through applied research will be futile.

In countries coming out of war or other conflicts, efforts at inclusion are futile in stagnant economies.

Clearly, everyone in the Great Lakes region has suffered that futile and senseless war for too long.

Its drug warriors must reevaluate their position and terminate what has become an increasingly senseless and futile struggle.

Some prominent policymakers and analysts, however, argue that oversight aimed at identifying and stemming systemic risk is futile.

But efforts to block technological change have been futile in the past, and they would be unwise today.

It is because they are averse to what God has revealed that He has rendered their deeds futile .

It is because they are averse to what God has revealed that He has rendered their deeds futile .

You should exercise.

exercise preventive approach.

You say nuclear to them, and they're thinking, Oh my God, we're all gone. What's the point? It's futile.

Such measures, designed to create jobs by freeing up work hours, are futile at best, and are often detrimental.

For decades there have been mostly futile negotiations between Poland and Germany concerning the return of the looted property.

Russian Military Exercise 2010.

That exercise was ongoing.

Unless they are supported by strong institutional structures at all levels, such measures will prove futile in managing capital flows.

States may choose individually not to exercise all their rights, or to exercise those rights collectively.

The way the tale is presented by Germany s modern critics in the financial press, that bid for power is ultimately futile.

So, in all likelihood, the world has been spared a policy that would be as futile as it would be destructive.

A pessimist surveying last December's Duma election, with its futile party politics, bitterness, and invective, might compare Russia to Weimar Germany.

Those who strive for the futile goal of a drug free world refuse to recognize the proven benefits of harm reduction.

Instead, Chen s futile effort to de Sinicize Taiwan created a wastefully divisive contentious society, pitting mainlanders and locals against each other.