Example sentences of "[adj -er] than nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better than nothing . ’ |
| 2 | A simple statement to explain why Charles was staying away so long would have been better than nothing . |
| 3 | It would be better than nothing for the pheasants . |
| 4 | Not that Tony is either but he 's handy at sticking daggers in your back and that 's better than nothing . |
| 5 | Well , this was better than nothing . |
| 6 | But it was better than nothing . |
| 7 | She came into my mind when a woman in the slums of West Kingston , Jamaica , with a child at her breast and another three hanging around her skirts followed me around for two hours repeating , ‘ Some milk would be better than nothing . ’ |
| 8 | To know this much about a student is better than nothing . |
| 9 | Even once a week would be better than nothing . |
| 10 | She 'd have to get something inside her before much longer — even a swig of beer would be better than nothing . |
| 11 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |
| 12 | It was n't an ideal situation , but it was educational provision of a sort , and local people thought that was better than nothing at all which was what the girl was being offered at the time by the authorities . |
| 13 | The lack of liquid refreshment during a two hour meeting could be seen as a lack of courtesy and , if this occurs again , it is suggested that a tactful reference to the need for a drink be made during the meeting — the result may be only a glass of water , but that is better than nothing ! |
| 14 | Something 's better than nothing . ’ |
| 15 | Well , this is better than nothing , but you must remember , it is not just the length to the armhole because this must match with width of the sleeve head . |
| 16 | She said : ‘ They came to the conclusion that I 'm better than nothing . ’ |
| 17 | In this situation , any information , even vague or partial , is better than nothing , and is in fact useful to restrict any lexicon search . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the policy acclimatised industry to captive markets in the form of pressing demands from foreigners for basic goods and equipment and to willing acceptance by ration-ridden domestic consumers for whom something was better than nothing . |
| 19 | This is that a homeland with secure borders , however small , is better than nothing at all . |
| 20 | The receiver will not refuse because one cent is better than nothing ( and self-interest does not understand spite ) . |
| 21 | Again , it left the basic issues of independence and Cochinchina unresolved but perhaps , as Ho had said , it was better than nothing . |
| 22 | Mothercare sell a pack of six for £4.25 , but makeshift methods , such as a strong elastic band holding two handles together , are better than nothing . |
| 23 | ( The knife was a rather blunt penknife , not the sharp sheath knife Nick had hoped for , but it was better than nothing , and Carrie tried hard to be pleased with her Bible because Nick was grinning so slyly . ) |
| 24 | But a small sample for comparison is better than nothing at all . |
| 25 | It 's it 's something that 's better than nothing |
| 26 | Women do n't find a flaccid penis terribly exciting sexually , but it 's better than nothing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's better than nothing , is n't it ? ’ |
| 28 | But they argue that until enough new units have been funded , provided , and shown to be working the traditional hospitals are better than nothing . |
| 29 | The bright crust over the decay was better than nothing , even if the job-lots of emulsion clashed badly . |
| 30 | And even all the pretentiousness that 's so horrid next to the real thing — well , it 's better than nothing . |