Perhaps only perhaps this is better than nothing (and better certainly than its targets' original proposal).

ECONOMIST: French banking

The NFU and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) argue that even if culling delivers only a modest benefit, it is better than nothing.

BBC: Second badger cull licence issued

Those of us on the left who support the act because it is better than doing nothing loudly lament not only its omission of a public option, but more importantly the fact that it is not a single-payer, publicly financed, privately delivered, health-care plan.

ECONOMIST: Letters

About the only good thing that can be said about the PBGC is that the guaranteed pensions that they provide are better than nothing.

FORBES: PBGC Pension Termination: A Worker's Perspective by Terry O'Rourke, United airlines (December 15, 2007 )