21.   Troops are misdeployed, resources are wasted, and infighting among officials has hindered effectiveness.

22.   You do not waste scarce resources.

23.   Both Malaysia and Singapore might do well to sit down and at least eliminate all the overlapping investments to ensure that the resources are not wasted.

24.   Foreign financial organizations are urging Moscow to stop wasting scarce resources on subsidies to unprofitable mines.

25.   Hadley said too many resources had been wasted on the plans.

26.   He said it portrayed Malaysia as a poor country which wasted its resources.

27.   It also blamed a global economic disequilibrium at the time on developed countries consuming excessively and wasting scarce resources.

28.   Not only does corruption make investment costly, resources are also wasted as policies are being directed by self-interest and not for the public benefit.

29.   The IMF has long urged Russia to stop wasting scarce resources on subsidies to shaky banks and to accelerate bankruptcy procedures against them.

30.   The IMF has long demanded that the government stops wasting scarce resources on subsidies to banks teetering on the verge of collapse.