Sentence examples for than naught from inspiring English sources

Bodegas rarely offer nutritious foods, and the few fruits and vegetables sold, would more often than naught, not past stringent supermarket standards, forcing families to choose between bad and worse.

Everything Philip and Elizabeth do is, ultimately, for naught; worse than that, it's unnecessary.

Throughout 2000, when Seven held the rights, it screened naught more than a one-hour highlights program at an ungodly hour of the morning.

Every attempt I made to paint my balls a color other than blue was for naught.

Every attempt I made to paint my balls a colour other than blue was for naught.

Even Mr. Chang's efforts to develop memory chips, which are less complex than logic chips, have come to naught.

The presence of these opposite sensations is interpreted by many to be an innate signal to each individual to survive and to grow rather than to stagnate and rot to naught.

But Penthouse's offer, worth 13 percent more than Mr. Hefner's bid, will likely be for naught.

Since Kabul instantly fell into the alliance's hands anyway, admittedly more like a shrivelled apricot than a ripe plum, the worrying was for naught.

But all the muted elegance of the lodge, the stunning landscapes and Eve's delectable meals would have been for naught if the fishing were less than spectacular.

After all, they are little more than tourists, and many of their yearnings come to naught, yet Peter's face, as he leaves the drowned boy's village, bears a look of acceptance that was unimaginable at the start.