All to no avail.

I tried in vain to persuade them.

You try straining it through cheesecloth, but it doesn t do much good.

I m trying to understand what is happening.

Without a strategy for growth, an effort to reduce government spending, and a policy to stop deflation, a tax hike will not solve the problem.

If not matched by resources, mandates are empty.

Sami searched for his children in Egypt but in vain.

Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands.

It was useless and it caused me a lot of physical and psychological pain.

Under pressure from scientists worldwide, Indonesia agreed in June to share genetic data on some of its viral samples, but not the actual microbes.

Continuing their attempts at suicide, they try to kill themselves five times but in vain.

Away from our blue, virtual world, you look at yourself and find that you re the only one whose pertinences have disappeared.

Last month alone, they visited five large cities without success.

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

Regulators have struggled with the problem for years without finding a solution.

Without a clear end that justifies it, sacrifice becomes meaningless.

Late in 1944 all efforts were redirected towards countering the advancing Red Army, but to no avail.

In 2000, Backlund unsuccessfully ran for a Connecticut seat in Congress on a Republican ticket.

Without the industrialization drive, economic takeoff becomes quite difficult.

But no policy makes sense if it cannot be sustained without long term government support.

Whoever did this horrible massacre got no human feelings, brainwashed to the level that he became a killing machine that does not differentiate what about what is right or wrong as a human to kill a child in that way.

And Anonymous International would be nothing if it didn't allude to Medvedev's foolish reputation. This tweet refers to Medvedev's infatuation with photography, perhaps alluding to his infamously embarrassing elevator selfie.

Numerous NGOs and public figures had contacted the Government in order to prevent her deportation to Spain, but without success.

But, unless one is a Catholic, a born again Christian, or a neo con, none of these visions is promising.

That mistake was made by the Japanese, who tried, unsuccessfully, to muddle through, only to end up with 18 years of stagnation.

The British Liberal Democrats, for example, have tried for decades to become a strong centrist third party, without success.

These procedures and mechanisms shall be without prejudice to article 20 of the Convention.

Prior to this policy, the British had spent 15 years and countless funds repressing and punishing the tribes, without result.

In 2007, Hawass threatened to ban exhibitions of Egyptian artifacts in Germany if Nefertiti was not lent to Egypt, but to no avail.

When I finally arrived in Istanbul I went to a hostel first with some friends and tried very hard to find a job. But it was all in vain.

In 1934, he tried without success to build ties with France, Germany, and the Balkan states, and Albania drifted back into the Italian orbit.

It's useless to argue.

Our fear is that that crisis may spread and become a firestorm engulfing the entire subregion.

African countries search endlessly, and mostly fruitlessly, for the small amounts of funding needed for their purchases of fertilizer and improved seeds.

In the past, several initiatives had been tried by the people of Puerto Rico, such as proposals to the United States Congress and the President, regarding plebiscites, referendums and even legal actions, with no results.

It is not necessary to recount the consequences.

There is no use holding onto illusions.

In a similar way, transportation can become less energy intensive without restricting mobility.

In the absence of such a definition, there may be a risk of issues before the Committee becoming unnecessarily politicized.

Because of the porosity of the borders and the historically fluid nature of the conflict in the subregion, we will feel safe and secure only in a conflict free region.

OIOS believes that the situation needs to be reversed to make the subregional offices the primary vehicle of technical assistance and to enhance their credibility and visibility in the subregions.

The feasibility of potential income generating activities has been tested.

NATO has been trying for years without success to get its member states to spend the required 2 of GDP on defense.

After three and a half years in the Navy, he tried unsuccessfully to write a novel before returning to his philosophy studies and earning his doctorate in philosophy in 1949.

France could not become an active player in this debate without being part of the alliance.