Example sentences of "[adv] a waste [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 9 ) " Planning ahead is as much a waste of time for my business as it is for me . |
| 2 | ‘ On receipt of this letter , do n't write to me any more ; it will be only a waste of time . |
| 3 | If there really is no choice then there is no decision to be made , so it is only a waste of time to pretend that there is . |
| 4 | Ineffective screening is not just a waste of money . |
| 5 | Steve Knight , of Railnews , who proposed the motion , said consultants were not just a waste of money , but also a waste of time , a waste of resources and a drain on the whole of British industry . |
| 6 | and he ends up with Creme Eggs and then proper eggs and that and I thought that 's just a waste of money at his age cos when Easter comes up , four weeks after he 's seventeen . |
| 7 | Oh well , that was just a waste of break . |
| 8 | Many people think that is just a waste of time . |
| 9 | She wondered darkly if all this was n't just a waste of time , when they should be out hunting for clues to Benny 's whereabouts . |
| 10 | This problem has to be tackled head on ; without it any other tinkering with the legislation is just a waste of time . ’ |
| 11 | Well there was a it was such a job at that time you could n't get work and we , we used to genuinely look for work every day , but it was just a waste of time . |
| 12 | This is just a waste of time . |
| 13 | And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time . |
| 14 | Such activities were not just a waste of time which could be more usefully passed making profits for capitalists . |
| 15 | Erm , it took , it took a week and a half before the fresh foods secretary even spoke to me when I went in this place to do the free appointment , nobody 's told me how I 'm doing , so then what 's the point of doing these things if nobody 's going give you anything , it 's just a waste of time ? |
| 16 | It 's just a waste of time . |
| 17 | cos er , it 's , it 's just a waste of time |
| 18 | and that , that to me is just a waste of time , no I mean I 'm wasting their time and mine so |
| 19 | Just a waste of time . |
| 20 | I just felt that journalistic — well , editorial licence would mean that that would get chopped about anyway so it was just a waste of time to rewrite it . |
| 21 | it is largely a waste of work and energy to train the boys — if the girls are left uncared for and untaught . |
| 22 | Question time has become increasingly taken up with party claims and counter claims or with constituency points , while debates often strike ministers as largely a waste of time . |
| 23 | It is usually a waste of time trying to explain the dangers , especially if the patient feels in a self-pitying mood . |
| 24 | So I believe it is a rather a waste of money , it 's just talking shop , shuffling papers about , and we regret that in in the time when er resources are difficult , staffing could be put elsewhere instead of this |
| 25 | Some years ago the teachers of one language pronounced themselves satisfied that at the end of a year the students of it had the capacity for literary reading ; the equally competent and concerned teachers of another language were convinced that their students had achieved no such capacity , and that the process was rather a waste of time . |
| 26 | ‘ Then surely it 's rather a waste of time to bury yourself away on a Saturday night when you 'll have the bulk of the work to contend with tomorrow — when the club 's closed . ’ |
| 27 | To what extent such metrical methods will be used only in specialized analyses remains to be seen , for as Stewart ( 1954 ) suggests , it may be rather a waste of effort to measure such specimens simply to verify what can so quickly be seen by eye . |
| 28 | And some of the things you do seem to me to be inefficient , and consequently rather a waste of energy . |
| 29 | This not only causes chaos , but is also a waste of water and causes pollution . |
| 30 | It is also a waste of talent and ability which no modern economy can afford . |