Sentence examples for receive next to from inspiring English sources

While sizable profits from drilling go to Nigeria's central government, the farmers and fisherman who live in the delta receive next to nothing.

However, the bank is reluctant to do so given the uncertainty of how much it would recover from £23m of its members' money, the 10-point penalty the club would incur, and the hideous consequences for creditors, who would receive next to nothing after the ethical bank has spent so long propping up the fallen club.

At the other end of the spectrum, nearly half of the directors' guild consists of assistant directors and unit production managers, both of whom receive next to nothing in residuals, says Jonathan Handel, an attorney with TroyGould in Los Angeles and a former associate counsel for the Writers Guild of America.

For this service, the public purse received next to nothing.

She expected very little of him, but she had received next to nothing.

Mr. Trump, who visited a black church in Detroit, is receiving next to no support from African-Americans in the state.

So far, however, songwriters (including myself) have received next to no money from their collection societies, despite getting millions (in some cases hundreds of millions) of views.

12 Years a Slave newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, who won the Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice Awards for her performance as gutsy slave Patsey, has received next to no Google attention in comparison, despite being a hot contender for the Oscar.

As a result, upon his death in June 2002, almost all of Mr. Null's assets, estimated at several hundred thousand dollars, went directly to her; her sisters received next to nothing.

When I received next to it a fingerbowl of mint-perfumed water holding two slices of apples, I assumed it was a peculiar innovation on sushi-bar hand towels.

So it's no surprise that an interesting little feature built into Lion is receiving next to no promotion — though Apple is far from hiding it.