But the amnesty has proven meaningless and has not yielded a single gun.

But the deadlines in the agreement proved meaningless.

These are positive steps, but they may prove meaningless if our vigilance falls off due to a false sense of security.

Still, there was not enough time left for the Lakers, as Fisher's 3-pointer at the buzzer proved meaningless.

Now that China's promise has proved meaningless, the Administration should lobby hard for the resolution.

Our attempt to protect our companies via anti-dumping policy has proven meaningless.

The United States says it prefers concrete action to target dates that might ultimately prove meaningless.

But American officials opposed the target, saying they preferred concrete action to goals that might ultimately prove meaningless.

For the most part these posts proved meaningless with the liberation effectively completed in early 1945 following the Battle of the Bulge.

Lose this opportunity and the delay will be as significant as the weeklong pardon proved meaningless.