Sentence examples similar to almost do nothing from inspiring English sources

Against White House denials, a Republican congresswoman and member of the conference committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, has claimed that the exemption provision is a specific sop for China and Russia in exchange for their votes in favor of an "almost do-nothing U.N. resolution".

Infuriating, but almost certainly Congress will do nothing.

It sounds simple, but almost nobody does nothing any more, in fact the hallmark of our age is the impossibility of doing nothing.

(The background music, which is played in almost every room, does nothing to alleviate the mood).

Some days he kept to his regime and rules, but on others he did "nothing", "almost nothing", did things "badly", "read Gogol" or "overslept".

I'm doing nothing, almost nothing.

It costs almost nothing to attend and does nothing for your prospects of future employment.

Many of them are almost certainly sitting at home, doing nothing.

Doing nothing is almost certainly a more costly option.

He gives Bardot physically, almost nothing to do, and with her inadequate talent, she cannot manage doing nothing.

But most governments in Africa do almost nothing in family planning or very little.