To the community at Canterbury he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop, who had let them down in the matter of the primacy of their church.

Irrigation has also proved somewhat ineffective in increasing agricultural production.

Unfortunately, Logan proved a somewhat ineffective leader.

Abstention in compulsory voting systems tends to be somewhat ineffective, as the protest 'message' is likely to be confused with apathy.

A somewhat ineffective but nonetheless intensive hail of shots fell on the harbor like fireworks.

And remember, a shoulder injury left Leetch somewhat ineffective in last year's playoffs.

A shoulder injury had rendered Leetch somewhat ineffective during the playoffs last season, when the Rangers were eliminated in the second round for the second consecutive year.

The Germans responded to this with constant but somewhat ineffective fire from the forts.

But that policy has been somewhat ineffective, Mr. Hogan said, because people change jobs frequently and employers have often been slow to forward information to the state.

Mr. Lopez, in an interview, said that while he found the monsignor's strategies to revive the community somewhat ineffective and confrontational, he respected his religious work.