Banking consolidation has long been talked about in the gulf-to little avail.
I tried to persuade him not to resign but it was to little avail.
In 1912 German doctors attempted to treat children who had underactive thyroids with normal thyroid cells, but to little avail.
A series of ads shown before cinema screenings portrays people who speak in the theatre as bumpkins and buffoons-so far to little avail.
So far, the EU and America have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the elections and are demanding the release of prisoners-to little avail.