Sentence examples for counts for naught from inspiring English sources
Of course, the return on assets counts for naught if total shareholder returns don't beat half the board-appointed peer group of eight big banks.
At least Whedon, after several years of being repeatedly screwed over by imbecilic network execs for whom seven seasons of proven genius counts for naught, is now enjoying rave reviews for his Avengers movie.
That is, that the love of Romeo for Juliet counts for naught, that the deep passion so evident between our new president and his wife is somehow degraded, little more than a dance of the genes, as chosen and ordered by the unthinking forces of nature.
Feeling the sand between your toes will count for naught if you're not prepped and ready for your close-up.
That many people recognise the ethical necessity of animal experimentation counted for naught; emotion trumps reason when moral dilemmas get personal.
But even if you have the very best plans, they'll count for naught if you can't get the machinery of government working for you.
However, tinkering at the margins of governance will count for naught as long as the Isaias regime remains a one-man band.
But all the vision quests, decapitations, artefact hunts and resurrections would count for naught were it not for the relationship at the heart of the show: the shining thread linking Crane (posh English stage veteran Tom Mison and Lieutenant Abigail Millss (the persuasive Nicole Beharie).
Otherwise last year Kate Garraway would have won on a sympathy vote, this year Mark Foster will get to the final just because he's promised to appear in swimwear, and the fact that John Sergeant seemed to want to waltz just for the sake of - waltzing?! - would have counted for naught.
But those efforts may have been for naught: The Census Bureau says it will not release an overall homeless count and it will not provide numbers of the people it found living in parks, encampments and other non-shelter sites.
