Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] [verb] nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marshal roared into the distance for Lorenzini and then said : ‘ It looks as if this might have nothing to do with the kidnapping . ’ |
| 2 | Two exquisite thoroughbreds , she supposed they had looked , chatting to one another in their high-pitched , well-bred " London " voices , filling each shop in turn with their faintly tittering laughter , making Frizingley aware — whatever it chose to whisper behind their backs — that the dynastic alliance of one trading " and therefore " common " fortune with another could mean nothing at all to them . |
| 3 | This would do nothing to restore confidence to industry at home or investors overseas . |
| 4 | And to substitute one state controlled , interventionist society for another would do nothing to help solve the problem . |
| 5 | Income support will be uprated by an unspecified amount but campaigners say this will do nothing to help other poor families . |
| 6 | 3.7 will do nothing inconsistent with 's rights in the Trade Marks , including , but not limited to , committing any sort of infringement . |
| 7 | Each of these challenges comes to nought in the end though , for , as one of the interpreters explains , ‘ Some will say nothing happens in this novel , in this , Convention , and they 'd be dead right . |
| 8 | At a recent meeting of the , I believe the , first of the Estuaries Management Committee Meetings for the Orwell and the Stour I was approached by the R S P B representative and was delighted to be asked , how soon is the pamphlets that we 're jointly publishing coming out and I said , oh that 's a jolly good idea , what 's happening , and he tells me that the R Y A's name is to be published with the R S P B and this can do nothing but help our image as we will all appreciate in here , perhaps we need to remember that the gun clubs call themselves , the Gun and Convers Conservation Societies , the wide wise wild fowlers call themselves the Wild Fowlers and Conservation Societies , perhaps we should be the Royal Yachting and Conservation Society and join in with that R S P B publication for I believe quite a very small sum relative to the total outlay . |
| 9 | He said the RSSPCC would unconditionally oppose the programme ‘ on the simple principle that this can do nothing except prolong the distress and damage of the children , ’ regardless of the rights or wrongs of the authorities ' handling of the case . |
| 10 | Still , since only one group saw anything , and half a dozen could find nothing , nobody felt obliged to take the 17 keV neutrino too seriously . |
| 11 | Anglo-Welsh can do nothing for Palatine . |
| 12 | Thus , the occurrence of a quasiregular singularity in region IV can have nothing to do with the relaxation of the continuity conditions across the boundaries . |
| 13 | ‘ I told Richard I 'd say nothing to you , but I ca n't keep silent , ’ she said , ‘ it 's not fair to ask me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But , of course , ’ he continued , ‘ that would prove nothing . |
| 15 | Gedanken studied it intently , but at first could see nothing . |
| 16 | That will do nothing for morale and recruitment in Glasgow . |
| 17 | Four would do nothing and two would go to the dealers to try to counsel them . |
| 18 | ‘ Sure there 's only me that can do nothing but lie here and pray for all of you . ’ |