She had thought about it herself, but decided against the pointless exercise.

From the beginning, however, school was a pointless exercise.

But he decided it would be a pointless exercise.

I'd known it was a pointless exercise when I left.

That was how they viewed life, as a pointless exercise.

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to think- But he didn't indulge himself for very long in that pointless exercise.

It would make the whole exercise entirely pointless, but she didn't care.

It seems to me a rather pointless exercise if we are not present.

It looked a pointless exercise, facing a passed partner, but West had his reasons.

It was a pointless exercise; they were all dead whatever she did.