All his efforts were useless.

All his efforts came to nothing.

All their efforts were in vain.

All their efforts were in vain.

But my efforts were fruitless.

All our efforts were in vain.

All my effort went for nothing.

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These efforts have so far been in vain.

So far, these efforts have been fruitless.

The effort was far from worthless.

All the doctor's efforts were in vain and the man soon died.

It's good to see that our efforts were not in vain.

However, the effort to establish an ambitious theater in Zürich was met with little success at first, and until 1933 the theater was rarely thought of outside of Switzerland.

UNFICYP apos s efforts in this connection have not been fruitful.

You are being watched so closely that all my efforts to meet you... for a few precious seconds are in vain.

Steering a poor dope up blind alleys for that grafting Taylor mob is enough.

However, the effort was unsuccessful and in March 1926 de Valera, along with Lemass, resigned from the party.

Bikkhipto Khitish ( projonmo106) wrote that the fundamentalists' efforts were futile

The local education authority in Oslo has expressed the view that these efforts have been worthwhile.

Unfortunately, all efforts have been in vain and have only demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the old format.

He appeared a profound silence at once fell, and vain efforts were made to break it.

For that reason, it had attempted to focus the Special Committee's attention on arbitration, but its efforts had failed.

Counsel complains that all his endeavours to obtain said documents have been futile.

Work hard and do as you're told. I want you to get good results Don't spoil my plans for your future

His vain efforts to seduce her showed he was barking up the wrong tree she was a mother of two tots.

I have striven long to avoid exposure, and I should not like it to come at last.

Great hopes crushed !

A study of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories showed that efforts to improve education had been in vain.

Verses Célébrons par nos accords Les droits sacrés d'une si belle cause, Et rions des vains efforts Que l'ennemi nous oppose.

Additional efforts of the buyer to purchase the meat with a cheque payment were also fruitless.

Julien was making vain efforts to catch a glimpse of this seductive woman seven or eight men taller than himself prevented him from seeing her.

These efforts will be in vain, however, if our negotiators do not commit themselves to defending our agricultural production with conviction on the international scene.

32. The Philippine delegation refused to accept that past efforts to improve the scale had been futile.

It would be tragic if all this were to be thrown away, especially with an upturn in the market expected in the 1990s.

We can make a great contribution, but without support from the USA, Russia and the Arab countries our efforts will be in vain.

Since 1998, the EU has tried to accommodate American anxieties in relation to certain provisions of the Statute, but its efforts have unfortunately been in vain.

All my pains were in vain.

Each time the group has reached a significant milestone in its work, military actions have been undertaken which have undercut these efforts.

All of this will be adversely affected if an exact assessment and management of fishing stocks of the Community is not implemented.

However, we are well aware that all our efforts could be wasted if we do not establish cooperative management with the other Mediterranean countries.

Those hopes have vanished.

Indeed, at the beginning of the twentieth century, such efforts failed and Korea became a colony of Japan.

Developed nations must therefore match the political will shown by the developing countries in undertaking reform or all would be for naught.

Whatever efforts the international community may make towards providing humanitarian assistance will be in vain if the parties involved do not cooperate.