безрезультатно(We South-siders are even more put out and frustrated than you are, and we complain to the City daily, demanding parking enforcement and by-law enforcement on Point Grey Road all to no avail.wordpress.comART Vancouver)
снова взяться за старое(Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart is up to his old habits: parading petty grievances around like serious issues. This habit is long past being tiresome and is completely unbefitting someone who held top job in our country’s third largest city. (nationalpost.com)ART Vancouver)
ради чего(The disruption is going to be enormous, the cost is going to be in the hundreds of millions, and to what end? -- и всё это ради чего?ART Vancouver)