In the end, though, it was all for naught.
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Some thought the shtick was all for naught.
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But they will all be for naught unless the Greek political system can form a viable government that will implement the commitments it has undertaken -- properly amended in ways that Greece and its lenders can agree on -- and set the foundations for the transformation of the Greek economy to allow it to benefit from any improvement in Europe's prospects.
There are times when it feels like all these efforts are for naught, and change is so painfully slow in coming, and I have to confront my own doubts.
But all their efforts may be for naught if the queen bee doesn't approve.
All of this will go for naught if people don't have a good education.
All of these aforementioned innovations are for naught if the networks are too overloaded to support them.
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Yet within minutes of the first guests arriving, they were alarmed to discover that all of their privacy efforts were for naught.
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On the evening of July 14th, Kellond and Marino believed all of their hard work might be for naught.
All our steps to rein in the deficit will be for naught if we do not reduce the rate of health care cost growth over time.
If lawmakers insist on keeping NOPEC in their final bill, all of their work on the Senate bill might have been for naught.
You may be funny, smart and easy to dance with, but if you are not engaging employees on an ongoing basis, all of your work in developing a strategic plan will be for naught.
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All that time and energy spent agonizing over every em-dash and semicolon, for naught!
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