Sentence examples for nothing but may from inspiring English sources

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The weather should be warmer, at least, which may mean nothing, but may mean everything.

In the vast areas of the world where mobile represents the sole means of connectivity, this leapfrogging may be a mixed bag: mobile connectivity is better than nothing, but may be an inferior substitute for high-speed wireline broadband access.

Lawrence said this year she plans on doing nothing, but may change her mind if "something lands in my lap", but most years – like many – she "always ends up drunk and disappointed".

Kant wrote of his "Critique" that it "rests on a fully secured foundation, established forever; it will prove to be indispensable too for the noblest ends of mankind in all future ages"; Sidgwick wrote of his "Methods" that it "solves nothing, but may clear up the ideas of one or two people, a little".

Madigan's $7.1 billion out-of-balance budget bill was yet another stunt that will come to nothing but may produce campaign mailers against Republicans who voted against it.

For all intents and purposes, a smile costs nothing but may gain you great profit.

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For those keeping score, the jersey change means James is staying in Cleveland; the Jay-Z concert means he is coming to New York; and the commentary by the disgruntled Nets guard means nothing discernible, but may mean that James will not sign with the Nets.

"In this I am nothing, but I may be everything".

(Music that is utterly blank expresses nothing, but it may arouse melancholy).

(As John Adams said when he was Vice-President, "In this I am nothing, but I may be everything").

Abandoning suits costs nothing, but it may make only a marginal difference to a worker's decision about where to earn a living.

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