Sentences with phrase «naught against»

And somehow, all the Mummy - successes seem naught against one moment of Mummy - angst.

«Allah citeth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot, who were under two of our righteous slaves yet betrayed them so that they (the husbands) availed them naught against Allah and it was said (unto them): Enter the Fire along with those who enter» (Surah LXVI, 10).

Not exact matches

But at the same time, the seemingly endless economic doldrums (the flicker of optimism from this week's jobs numbers notwithstanding), the rise of the Occupy movement, and the general sense that young people are being particular battered by coming of age in a monster recession, suggests that while the»90s and naughts didn't offer much to rebel against, the current decade certainly does.

«All the time not having a clue that they were being whispered against, campaigned against by both Catholics & Anglicans who made it palpably clear that this initiative was detrimental to the «dialogue towards unity» and temporarily compromised their positions as oecumenical ambassadors - that this was a counter-productive «wacked - out» scheme by an ailing Pope who merely needed to be placated until he died - hence delaying tactics, obfuscations, procedurality, red tape and making everything as difficult and administratively untenable as possible; with patronising sympathy and hand - wringing at their lot while sneering, dismissing and chuckling to themselves that the whole thing will eventually come to naught... that the administration will crumble via crises and power politics andpersonality clashes and outright frustration at the situation... and ultimately the Ordinariate will be re-integrated into the Conference system and those not happy about it will crawl back to their friends in the C of E.

Soon or later the desert will heave its burning sands against us and hurl its blistering winds across us, and all that we have dreamed and done will come to naught.

The French warship races toward the safety of its own fleet, carrying a stolen treaty that, if delivered, could provoke India into a new war against the British — and render for naught all that Sharpe has fought for so bravely till now.

As we already know, these dogs were bred to drop bulls in closed arenas, but with the passing of the first laws against animal cruelty in the 1800's, the sport and the purpose of breeding dogs for killing only came to naught.