Example sentences of "[prep] nothing [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IMAGINATIVE design and meticulous production methods count for nothing if the floor layer gets it wrong . |
| 2 | There is no evidence for this belief except one doubtful piece of hearsay ; but it is a first principle of modern reactions to Freud and psychoanalysis that facts count for nothing if the mythology is appealing enough . |
| 3 | He sat in the back with him , for company , and chatted soothingly of nothing as the driver did the eight miles or so to Kirton , and swept into the riding-school yard . |
| 4 | The scourge of firedamp explosions caused by the miners ' lights should have dwindled to nothing after the lamp came into use . |
| 5 | the lights dim to nothing while the sound of fighting continues . |
| 6 | Does the Minister agree that no matter what progress is made in energy efficiency — in Wales or in the west country , for example — it could all come to nothing if the Government press ahead and force British Gas to start up a new company for the transportation of gas through its pipelines ? |