Sentence examples for naught we have from inspiring English sources

"If it all comes to naught, we have discussed the possibility of resigning," he says.

And even if all of this innovation is for naught, we do have one solid fallback: booze.

"We're not pretending that we've gone from naught to perfectly green overnight," said Mr. Corrie, who is on the board of Aid to Artisans, an international group that supports crafts men and women.

But everything we've learned is for naught if we can't practice what we preach.

On that same theme he said in another interview, "I would be reluctant to jump on board and tell all of the supporters that have given me trust and money that all of a sudden, I'd say, [all] we've done is for naught.

But his push may be for naught: Americans have become allergic to spending.

Despite the lack of convictions, Ms. Mosby, 36, argued that her work had not been for naught; there have been police department reforms, and the city is "one step closer to equality".

"I understand their anger, I understand that their efforts, coming to naught, have caused them great frustration.

To set something at naught you first have to recognise it and doubts about the euro, it seems, have simply failed to register with most EU leaders.

The prisoners' agreement comes to naught because they have no way of enforcing it; their promises to each other constitute what game theorists call 'cheap talk'.

I guess my complaining about the Northern League on Facebook was all for naught, now they have 85 seats in Parliament.