Example sentences of "[verb] nothing to the [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Marcella Tate came to the Incident Room and made her statement which added nothing to the sum of their knowledge .
5 ‘ The Mamelukes did nothing to the hurt of Kyrenia , because the King stopped them .
6 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 .
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