It was considered that unless 400 or 500 quintals of copper were produced in a year there could be little gain.
Two rushing plays followed, but were stopped for little gain.
"Well, there's no loss without a little gain," he replied.
That would merely cost me all of my troops to little gain.
Existing technologies will be replaced with Microsoft equivalents at great cost and little or no gain.
Five more divisions were landed, but faced heavy casualties for little gain.
In all, the British lost some 12 men killed, 31 wounded, and 26 missing (drowned or prisoners) for little gain.
Aside from the rout of the Union blockading fleet there was little gain.
But some community leaders worry that those plans may translate into little tangible gain.
His discoveries lead to little financial gain at the time.