We're now up to Day 87 of the largely fruitless hunt for Iraq's unconventional weapons.

Between March and June 1944, these attempts were largely fruitless, producing fewer than 200 deserters.

Diplomatic avenues having proved largely fruitless, he recommended that a significant show of force was required to bring the armed groups to heel.

Maris's search is largely fruitless and she recovers little.

For the last five months, high-level civil servants from the two nations have been holding periodic - and largely fruitless - negotiations.

Everyone was back from what had proved largely fruitless searches.

These strikes proved largely fruitless and were quickly discontinued.

Federal agents' past efforts to fight moonshining in cooperation with state regulators have been largely fruitless.

Examining the desk, papers, etc., is largely fruitless; damp has affected them and nothing legible can be found.

While attempts to improve performance proved largely fruitless, Polikarpov had some success in upgrading the armament.