It is "essentially the record of an unnecessary sacrifice of brave men's lives,"

The result was 'Bloody Sunday' - an unnecessary sacrifice of hundreds of lives on the British side.

It was an unnecessary sacrifice.

They expressed great confidence in me and believed that their "boss" would see to it that no unnecessary sacrifice would be demanded.

The Supreme Bashar considered it an unnecessary sacrifice of valuable ships and fighters.

It seems they had something to say to you about 'stupid and unnecessary sacrifice of men.'

But it does mean that the failure of Lehman Brothers was an unnecessary and costly sacrifice to moral-hazard fundamentalism.

The use of explosives in that role resulted in entirely unnecessary sacrifices of the members of these units.

Because the Headquarters decided to avoid unnecessary sacrifices and losses, the division was ordered to surrender and was then disbanded.

So air power was necessary, to avoid unnecessary sacrifice of lives.