The sequester is a distant second choice, but, clearly, it is better than nothing.
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So they are better than nothing and that is their selling point at this time.
This is not going to sound like the greatest compliment ever: It's certainly better than nothing.
Occasional building work is better than nothing, but not a satisfactory substitute for long-term jobs.
The other day a reporter asked if, for all its flaws, the credit was better than nothing.
But even an ineffectual remedy is better than nothing, and bringing the case has also had other remedial effects.
There are, however, other ways a trial could be held, none of them perfect, but all better than nothing.
Creditors will recover around 10% of their loans, which is better than nothing.
Accelerated depreciation is better than nothing, I suppose, but it's nevertheless out of touch with today's need for speed.
But for the washed, who quite like shopping and safety, such space is a great deal better than nothing.
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Taking either memantine or donepezil alone was better than nothing at all, but taking them together offered no additional benefit.
But "better than nothing" is saying a newspaper over your head is "better than nothing" when you're running through a hurricane.
That looks a poor second best, because the giants would still own the transmission system, but it is better than nothing.
It would be quite a comedown for a technology that once inspired such high hopes, but anything is better than nothing.
It's better than nothing, but we're going to keep a close eye on the update section of the App Store for now.
"At this point, any outcome would be better than nothing, " Stefan said.
"It's a bit like rolling a dice, but if done right it's better than nothing, " says Robert Bacal, author of Performance Management.
The NFU and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) argue that even if culling delivers only a modest benefit, it is better than nothing.
After spending their lives in the inner city being ignored by society, even the attention of the drill instructor is better than nothing.
In context, that 8% decrease in risk over such a long period of time is not that large, though obviously better than nothing.
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But with a tenth of all bird species and a fifth of mammals on the verge of extinction, cloning is better than nothing.
About the only good thing that can be said about the PBGC is that the guaranteed pensions that they provide are better than nothing.
Despite what critics say, they are in fact far better than nothing, and are a good first step into the U.S. labor market for immigrants.
Its main claim was that even if y ou told someone you were giving them a placebo, it still worked better than nothing for irritable bowel syndrome.
Jerry Amato says a smaller Mardi Gras is better than nothing at all, but Chucky Stevens says the city should have reconsidered hosting the country's biggest block party.
"More often than not, they're better than nothing, " she said.
Receiving pay increases that match or barely beat inflation is better than nothing, but there should be no pride in comparing a pay raise with the rate of inflation.
Charitable organizations embrace incentives for taxpayers to make donations: while a dollar today is generally better than a dollar tomorrow, even a dollar tomorrow is better than nothing at all.
Better than nothing, no doubt, but for Brazilians who must pay high interest rates partly so that the government can service its own debt, that might seem a poor return.
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