better than nothing

Better than nothing, but a long way away from enough.

The rest of the year they were better than nothing.

Anything was better than nothing, one might hear him say.

We'd rather have all seven million, but half is better than nothing.

True, 5.5 percent growth is a lot better than nothing.

"We decided every piece of information was better than nothing."

"Something for education has got to be better than nothing."

But not much better than nothing, as he soon learned.

But it was all she had, and better than nothing.

It is better than nothing but takes us no further.

It was too long for me, but better than nothing.

In other words, a little something is better than nothing, but not so good as enough.

On a dark night a single star is better than nothing.

To know this much about a student is better than nothing.

And it turned out to be quite a bit better than nothing.

Still, we had to do something, and this was better than nothing.

It is better than nothing at all like what I have went through.

Better than nothing, or a total loss in a down market, he said.

Is someone you don't especially care for better than nothing it all?

But six hours was better than nothing, and the team could use that time.

"But we feel the need to help the public, and something is better than nothing."

But at least he had an idea what to do, and that was better than nothing.

But if that’s all you do, it’s better than nothing.

"The way things are here, something is better than nothing."