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Almost nothing is as bad as it first seems, and there's nothing like a hard day's work to put everything in proper perspective.

She had taken almost nothing with her when she left, as if she planned to be back any time.

That's a divorce from a woman who managed to leave her ex-husband almost nothing.

Fortunately, given the facts, I had the fine reduced to almost nothing, but I still incurred a sufficient amount of unnecessary legal fees.

He said there was widespread criticism that although the economy needed profound restructuring, "almost nothing has been implemented. "

If I've learned anything, it's that I know almost nothing, and that I'm often wrong about what I think I know.

Certain parts of the South American coast probably will see almost nothing but other parts might get a metre or two of wave height.

The ringing is just the first step in trying to understand a bird about which almost nothing is known.

That inaugural summit, which produced almost nothing concrete, appeared to be a one-off event and could be ignored.

Daily trading volumes of the renminbi in the offshore spot market have shot up to about $1. 3bn, compared with almost nothing a year ago.

They took him to orthopedists and neurologists, but his muscles were so atrophied "there was almost nothing left in his legs, " Nancy says.

It was quite usual for Hermione to spend a lot of time reading, but she was now doing almost nothing else.

He thinks of almost nothing and he makes this deficiency into a virtue and a source of pleasure.

Meanwhile, given their debt, the bottom 40% own almost nothing, making this the widest gap since the Depression.

The pieces came together when the father told me the boy had been consuming almost nothing but milk for many months.

When I was in college, concerned only with a handful of classes and almost nothing else, managing a dozen accounts was no big deal.

An appetite-control agent that requires no prescription, has no common side effects, and costs almost nothing?

It costs almost nothing to integrate risk management and emergency preparedness into a hospital's operational plans.

What he said was almost nothing worth listening to.

And that servant had been hurting for so long that almost nothing could make her feel better.

By the influence of current trends, many young girls are almost nothing but skin and bones.

They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a pot under a broken table .

Ms Nasar's story is made all the more appealing by the fact that she does almost nothing to conceal her prejudices.

Thus, a man who knew almost nothing about the agricultural machinery market, created a miracle in the industry within just half a year.

There was almost nothing I could say during staying with these refugees, I just opened my mouth when some people asked me some questions.

From almost nothing just a few years ago, CDSs grew at an explosive rate until recently (see chart 2).

What Microsoft doesn't want you to know though is that Gates has almost nothing to do with the company anymore.

It's easy to believe, even now, that almost nothing has changed in what James called the "primitive forest. "

It would have almost nothing to do with a retreat from the consumer society.

It quoted one Shanghai-based trader as saying: "There's almost nothing coming from Australia at the moment. "

If you think 5, 6, 7 years ago except for Gordon and Stanford a few other islands was almost nothing happening.

The key insight is to realize that your career has almost nothing to do with your job.

These markets are now the backbone of North Korea's creaking economy as the regime provides almost nothing by way of rations any more.

Roses on the veranda were still in bloom, and the hedges evergreen, so that there was almost nothing of middle-age autumn to chill the mood.

If you've reached the age of 31 without ever asking for more, you'll find it horribly embarrassing and come away with almost nothing.

Backal says his company's revenue from customers in the financial sector grew from almost nothing to $20 million in the last two years.

You know, almost nothing has changed.

This was just about the only significant question I had; there is almost nothing I can nitpick in the TT book.

The cost of storing and communicating information over the Internet had fallen to almost nothing.

You know, we know almost nothing about them.

Almost nothing is available to help patients with Crohn's disease manage their incurable and chronic illness.

He might be the most respected blogger in China, precisely because he respects almost nothing.

It is the supreme emotion to determine bound methods and the reliability of measurement or experience or nothing to do almost nothing to do.

Plans for such a business-friendly zone in Kobe after its 1995 earthquake were watered down to almost nothing.

Almost nothing has been done so far to right these wrongs, or otherwise rein in the excesses of the financial system.

Almost nothing is publicly known of the characters of the military top-brass whose powers have been steadily growing under Kim Jong-il.

And with production long-established, the price of adding weapons has fallen to almost nothing.

Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week.

ALMOST nothing is known of the men who built the great medieval cathedrals.

It's almost nothing, and I will still try to get it lit, which is not so easy, because this battery has a self-destruct in it.

The money - billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours.

I grew up in Sweden, where almost nothing is dubbed.

Sure Start has almost nothing to say about the benefits of reading aloud, or the perils of too much television.

The pair hope it will prove there is no such thing as sexual deviance as almost nothing is seen as out of bounds.

Mila and Oa have watched their bank account dwindle down to almost nothing as they plan ahead each year and book their conference space.

However, mathematic studding needs almost nothing except for paper and a full library.

Deng Xiaoping is the most important 20th-century leader you know almost nothing about -- unless you're Chinese.

She says those investments have grown quickly from almost nothing eight years ago. But they are still not enough to lift the economy.

I remember almost nothing until the age of twelve.

My walking became laboured, and I found enjoyment in almost nothing.

The old photocopier is still useful, although its book value is almost nothing.

There's almost nothing that God won't do for the person who really wants to help other people. In fact, God guarantees this blessing.

All of a sudden, your schedule clears up, and your to-to list shrinks down to almost nothing.

In return, Google and Microsoft get almost nothing, at least monetarily and in the short term.

e. g. You're a workaholic at such an advanced stage that your intimacy skills have withered away to almost nothing.

There's almost nothing black and white about what we do at Abt, and I'm looking for people who are comfortable with that.

I've been known to try on my favorite jeans at department stores, figure out what size works, than buy them on Ebay for almost nothing.

It said almost nothing of substance about the world's worst atomic accident in a quarter of a century.

There's almost nothing changed since I left the town two years ago.

And there's a transition: People come in from the countryside, enter the rickshaw economy, and work for almost nothing.

Net trade added almost nothing to Britain's GDP growth in the last quarter.

Annual fees. They're charged to your tiny credit line, leaving you almost nothing to spend.

We know almost nothing about him. We have collected nearly $ 7, 000.

Newspapers and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings.

There was almost nothing left, remember?

The speaker said almost nothing interesting at the meeting.

Almost nothing than the core competitiveness of the art of leadership organization more wallop of construction.

Once you get the hang of writing poetry, there's almost nothing you can't do with it.

And the business group says the rules would do almost nothing to improve the global environment.

Almost nothing thrives in this harsh landscape, where salt storms flay flesh from bone and destroy what few meager crops manage to grow.

Because the terms were nominal almost nothing, plenty of the men took the chance of saving themselves.

I was eating almost nothing, training with a stress fracture. . . I trained even when my body ached.

that had been reduced to almost nothing from over fishing.

Class know almost nothing about the content of these messages.

In Italy, Chinese tourists contribute as much as 15 per cent of total sales for some brands, from almost nothing two years ago.

Because the bill does almost nothing to control costs, it was a huge missed opportunity.

Almost nothing is more helpful in dealing with people than a sense of humor.

Stikkit is a perfect example for a user-friendly service which requires almost nothing from the visitor which is unobtrusive and comforting.

Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about the size of other, more intimate dinosaur parts.

I understand almost nothing about proteins and neurotransmitters.

Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about the size of other, more intimate dinosaur parts.

I understand almost nothing about proteins and neurotransmitters.

It costs the owner of the product almost nothing to sell and eBook or a downloadable software program.

Many English people have heard almost nothing about the extermination of German and Polish Jews during the present war.

We could talk for hours. Or we could just hang out, perfectly comfortable simply being together, saying almost nothing.

This has allowed it to circumvent an import tax of 20 per cent on smaller aircraft (compared with almost nothing on large aircraft).

Active relaxation involves doing literally almost nothing.

Investors are quickly learning that in the current crisis almost nothing is safe, even U. S. money market funds.

In Finland, the schools have almost nothing in common with the pressure-cooker classrooms of Korea.

There are hundreds of similar readings and geography and arithmetic programs, but almost nothing on electricity or physics or architecture.

Many of the books were bought for almost nothing on the used book market, and others were collections of books donated by book lovers.

Our family settled with almost nothing in a small apartment in Haifa.

Homeopathy purportedly works by diluting substances, such as sulfur, to almost nothing and then using them to spur the body to heal itself.

As a runner, there is almost nothing in this world that can take me to the places that running does.

Protein (egg white) is free of protein, almost nothing can be said that nutrition.

Before his travelling, maps of the Pacific Ocean showed almost nothing.

From almost nothing 20 years ago, China is now India's biggest partner, with bilateral trade that may top $60 billion this year.

There is almost nothing changed since I left the town two years ago.

A winter vacation, school begins, played the whole winter vacation, almost nothing.

The average person knows almost nothing about it, but today MSG is found in everything from potato chips to soup.

Almost nothing makes you feel as overwhelmed by lust as a quickie against a wall (think The English Patient or Sea of Love).

Meanwhile , groundnut sales have shrunk to almost nothing .

The likes of Honda, in short, may find workers have almost nothing to lose.

was too expensive for him, just like at every tourist spot. So he bought a broken vase that cost almost nothing.

These policies do almost nothing to get micro nutrients to those who lack them.

Many of the most brilliant experiments can be done in your own home and literally cost you almost nothing to make!

Yet the Fed is doing almost nothing to confront these troubles.

Those little icons you scroll past mean almost nothing to most of us.

Acting has almost nothing to do with words.

Children learn almost nothing from television, and the more they watch the less they remember.

At his trial, in the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus says almost nothing.

The income of the world famous teacher dwindled down to almost nothing.

Getting through the gate is very difficult, but once you're in, there's almost nothing you can do to get kicked out.

Sub-Saharan Africa would gain almost nothing and only 500, 000 of its people would escape extreme poverty.

Though when I got it I knew almost nothing about physics.

Almost nothing could be made these days without Asian parts.

Almost nothing was known about collecting duct cancer .

In particular, he says almost nothing about the country's fascinating national cuisine.

To be honest, almost nothing.

As a society, we have learned almost nothing.

Almost nothing in modern life escapes the influence of fashion.

Phil is going to show us where to find water in this arid land, and he'll show you he can survive with almost nothing.

The country's small and medium-sized companies export almost nothing.

But if the Treasury market loses control, almost nothing will be safe.

The dominant things that exist here we know almost nothing about.

Since I'm not nearly ready, I have almost nothing to say.

50 years ago Alexander Kira was a voice in the wilderness, and we still have learned almost nothing from him.

It's important to note that almost nothing is stored on this laptop.

IN BIOLOGY almost nothing revolves freely.

The value of our currency have sink to almost nothing.

Trust will. If people don't trust you, almost nothing else you do or say will matter.

Almost nothing, it seems, is impossible.

Almost nothing is ready for the inspection.

Yet since the signing ceremony, almost nothing has gone according to the Chinese plan.

Authority counts for almost nothing.

He had almost nothing to do that day.

have almost nothing to do today.

They learn very little or almost nothing and look like idiots.

Plus, they work for almost nothing once you get them running.

He had eaten very little -- almost nothing.

Very poor located, almost nothing there!

The second reason is economic: The world's debt portfolio today looks almost nothing like it did then.

Almost nothing is worth listening to in this lecture.

Look at the prejudices and stereotypes many people have about being single. Almost nothing positive is ever assumed about singles.

John has worked his business up from almost nothing.

My knowledge of this industry is almost nothing.

SHIJAO, China -- A single strand of burnt-out Christmas lights weighs almost nothing in the hand.

i need to pay almost nothing on those bagatelles, and they have already had the team spirit at their younger age.

When we teach software engineering as a collection of generalities, students learn almost nothing about how to build real software.

Almost nothing could annoy India more.

In Rwanda and Kenya, 75 per cent of TB patients are being tested for HIV, an increase from almost nothing 18 months ago.

Maybe you've started saving - the annual savings rate by Americans has risen from almost nothing to 6. 9% in 2009.

Smith has worked the firm up from almost nothing.

After the thief broke in, there was almost nothing left in the room.

It costs you almost nothing to jog.

In this month, where you will show such keen concentration, there is almost nothing you can't accomplish.

Aerogel weighs almost nothing. It looks a lot like smoke.

Today, banks are paying savers almost nothing for their deposits.

He is a biased fan who knows almost nothing about football.

But they have settled almost nothing, and have prepared the way for more of the same.

But almost nothing arrived, and she couldn't wait any longer.

Our profit is very low, and almost nothing to earn.

With the tax it come to almost nothing.

They are twins, but have almost nothing in common.

As far as I can tell, almost nothing.

In 2007 digital downloads accounted for 15% of global music sales compared with almost nothing in 2003.

The market for their products fell away to almost nothing.

I know almost nothing when talk about the custom of America.

In fact, it changes almost nothing.

The key to complexity is that these few remaining genes weigh almost nothing.

For 900 years almost nothing has grown in this clay pan.

There is almost nothing remnants.

My weekend was quiet. Very quiet. I did almost nothing.

No, almost nothing--very much excited, and wild and glad! ' she replied.

This is almost nothing more than, less good on the body too fast, but also easily rebound.

There is almost nothing that his dog won't eat.

There is almost nothing left.

We had almost nothing to our name when we fell in love with each other.

On the other hand, dark matter is omnipresent in galaxies, but we know almost nothing about its nature.

For example, I immersed myself in blogging for 6 months and did almost nothing else during that time.

and to think they pay him almost nothing

You meant almost nothing to me

perhaps almost nothing from the few hours of chatting

jeanne left me almost nothing ! peanuts

the value of their currency sank to almost nothing

In the desert where almost nothing grows

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