Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
2 | If the rules would otherwise indicate that the Steam Tank flees then the commander battens downs the hatch and does nothing until the end of his following turn . |
3 | So now he 's just an uneducated farm worker , and knows nothing of the world . |
4 | A drive that is ‘ unaware ’ of how it is set up and knows nothing of the way it 's data is stored . |
5 | Thus the dilemma of the polluting industry is that controlling pollution is expensive , but adds nothing to the value of the goods produced , and is bad business for any firm whose main concern is to maintain profitability in a competitive situation . ’ |