Example sentences of "[verb] nothing to the [noun sg] [prep] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Anselm 's departure contributed nothing to the solution of his own problems ; it only benefited the royal treasury , to which the archiepiscopal revenues were now added . |
| 4 | What they will do is give the GPs a role to play in allocating resources to the hospital services and will contribute nothing to the delivery of better VFM within the family practitioner services . |
| 5 | Marcella Tate came to the Incident Room and made her statement which added nothing to the sum of their knowledge . |
| 6 | In casual , chatty tones , she told me that " my news " had n't penetrated to her Surrey retreat , and in fact had n't reached her until an hour ago when she 'd arrived , having had nothing to the contrary since last year , to keep the traditional family tryst at my father 's house . |
| 7 | ‘ The Mamelukes did nothing to the hurt of Kyrenia , because the King stopped them . |
| 8 | But that means nothing to the army of unemployed and to threatened companies which would rather have any work than none , or to politicians caught up in righteous anger at ‘ unfair ’ competition . |
| 9 | the first thing is to understand the object before you : as long as you think that the corkscrew was meant for opening tins or the cathedral for entertaining tourists you can say nothing to the purpose about them . |