| Are the musicians at the airport a waste of money or worthwhile entertainment for our visitors? |
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| Apart from the idiotic waste of money, what on earth can this man's motives be, apart from sheer egotism? |
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| The four-sided, four-metre-high sculpture came under fire from critics who branded it a waste of money. |
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| Some may argue that it is a waste of money because a good seedbed needs to be created for good germination. |
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| Within days they were as gaping as they had ever been, and this exercise in futility simply amounts to a scandalous waste of money. |
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| Shouldn't one of the parliament's committees investigate this total waste of money? |
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| People said it was a waste of money, that it was too extravagant for its own good, and that the construction project was incompetently managed. |
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| Most replies wanted the cheapest option and thought the council a waste of money. |
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| Many parents believed that to give girls education beyond the compulsory age was a waste of money. |
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| In some sceptical quarters of England's northeast this building was symbolic of a waste of money that could otherwise have been spent on hospitals. |
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| Now to some that might sound like a right royal waste of money, but when you stop to think about how much said chair will be used the cost is much easier to justify. |
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| On the surface, it would appear to be a colossal waste of money. |
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| Elections even at a state level cost money and both parties wish to avoid an unnecessary waste of money by contesting in an election that they will lose. |
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| Is funding a project like this a good idea or a waste of money? |
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| She asked us where we were staying, and when she heard that we were in a hotel, she said that was a total waste of money, and put us up in her house for three weeks. |
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| I remember, when I put the proposal up to Cabinet, that there were all sorts of comments about how it would be a waste of money, and all that type of thing. |
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| Wars against the Zulus in South Africa or against the Chinese in Indo-China seemed to be merely a waste of money and troops, with no clear European pay-off. |
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| These bogus safety issues and courses are a monstrous waste of money. |
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| People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Christopher Columbus on a wild goose chase. |
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| For small producers these not inconsiderable costs may be a complete waste of money. |
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| Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the firearms registry is a huge waste of money and does not help prevent crime. |
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| Use of a half-loaded washing machine or a half-loaded dryer is a waste of money. |
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| This does not mean that information campaigns are a waste of money and effort. |
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| We don't feel left out when we're not online and we don't think one has to be online all the time, it's a waste of money and electricity! |
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| In addition, uncoordinated spending at national level to reach common objectives is a waste of money. |
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| Apart from that, it is a huge waste of money to cut a day here and then hold additional plenary part-sessions. |
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| Buying a big vehicle to accommodate extra passengers or a heavy, bulky load once or twice a year could be an enormous waste of money. |
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| For those who think supercars like the R8 are a useless waste of money and resources, you're both right and wrong. |
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| Occasionally discovery does result in better justice but in most cases it is all a complete waste of money. |
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| Can we agree that to pour billions of dollars into something which scientists cannot agree is a problem is a waste of money? |
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| For such people, most of the funds spent on formal teacher education are a waste of money and could be better spent in other ways of improving the education system. |
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| The summits are a waste of money, according to some politicians. |
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| Unless the invention meets these criteria or the project is in an industrial sector where patents are used as a competitive weapon, patenting is probably a waste of money. |
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| I mean, it's a bit of a waste of money paying me eighteen grand to run errands, isn't it? Come on. I'm supposed to be the brains of this outfit. |
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| During the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler condemned his earlier smoking habit as a waste of money, and later with stronger assertions. |
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| She begins to complain bitterly about the amount of Afro-Caribbean poetry on a nearby display stand and says that it is a waste of money since no one reads it. |
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| You can buy them as you please, but in my opinion it's a waste of money. |
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| The waste of money on bungled defence contracts is awe-inspiring. |
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| For example, a company should lodge a patent only in the specific countries where it will be doing business because it may be a complete waste of money lodging it around the world. |
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| No benefit will come from this waste of money and I predict that after the initial gawpers have gone no-one will come to see the ridiculous mess. |
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| Poor information leads to a waste of money. |
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| Thinks direct mail advertising waste of money. |
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| The aim of the article is to help trademark owners avoid trademark disputes that result in either a waste of money or, even worse, enforcement activities that backfire on the trademark owner. |
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| Any PR or information campaigns will be an uphill struggle, a waste of money and time, unless they are in the context of sound economic management. |
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| I have devoted a lot of efforts to raising awareness of the European Union and its member states of the need to avoid duplication and waste of money in the work of the Council of Europe and the European Union. |
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| The federal government's current enthusiasm about reinvolvement in health care has to be carefully channeled, or it will simply be a waste of money. |
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| As far as education is concerned, some Kuria fathers are of the opinion that educating girls is a waste of money, but that the education of boys is an economic investment. |
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| The Court identifies substantial errors where weaknessess in accounting can be identified, without necessarily implying a budgetary loss or waste of money. |
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| But the families of the victims, who included two deckhands from Aberdeen, refused to accept the explanation and said the inquiry was a waste of money. |
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