come to nought

However they came to nought and today the factory is no longer there.

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

Efforts to locate the remains in 1802, 1909, 1939 and 2004 had come to nought.

Bad is the world; and all will come to nought, When such ill dealing must be seen in thought.

Now, with terror looming from the south and west, would it all soon come to nought?

That all had come to nought was bad enough.

Is she the reason my own literary endeavours have come to nought?

These have all come to nought, as the case history of the Slovak nuclear plant shows.

The chef de train looked pained at seeing his theory come to nought.

What German policy accomplished over a period of 16 years, and of course before that too, must not come to nought!

All the French efforts, however, came to nought.

A lifetime of millennia is worthless if its works come to nought after it has ended!

But these plans came to nought when France surrendered in June 1940.

All our struggles, all our good works will come to nought.

This really has now come to nought.

Science came to nought in these days.

Since she was no longer virgin, the unicorn did not come of course, so all the traps the hunters set came to nought.

Amelia was a great popular success, but the opera company failed, and the project came to nought (Gillespie 128).

So minus three take away minus three should come to nought.

Couple of corners that come to nought.

His best efforts, however came to nought, and he lost by a landslide to Doyle Carlton.

It was obvious to Ziegenbalg that without a printing press all his effort would come to nought.

If he sensed her innocence, all would come to nought--of that she was sure.

It's floated in, but comes to nought.