It reduces philanthropy to little more than an exercise in accountancy.
At that stage the score was harsh on Hull, who saw a Sonko header deflected wide and a Geovanni shot fly off target, but from then on it was nothing more than an exercise in damage limitation.
But the latest roadshow is more than just an exercise in public relations.
His calculations seem to have been more than an academic exercise.
This is more than just an exercise in platitudes.
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The laser-beam projectors represent far more than simply an academic exercise on the part of the engineers and designers at Mercedes-Benz.
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By focusing on renewable energy technologies rather than low carbon energy technologies, the net zero energy building agenda seems more like an exercise in futility than a serious challenge the risk of catastrophic climate change.
More than anything, timber investing is an exercise in patience.
The bill approved by the cabinet last week has some bold bits, yet it is more an exercise in shuffling around the costs than a true restructuring of the system.
On no program does he not want to spend money and his latest budget, presented as an exercise in fiscal restraint, would more than double the accumulated deficit over the coming decade.
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It's a weighty piece of work, more academic tome than pamphlet as they put it in the Wales Office - an exercise in governance that hasn't been undertaken in many years and a valuable, proper contribution to the process of considering where the devolution journey has got us, and whether we'd be wise to stop now, or press on.
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