Example sentences of "[adj] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before 1972 no treaty to which the United Kingdom had become a party had been capable of directly altering the law of England or of Scotland . |
| 2 | Louis was to some degree right ; since 1202 no homage had been performed to a king of France by any plantagenet king for his residual continental possessions . |
| 3 | 1016 No Communication lines to LIFESPAN available . |
| 4 | 1016 No Communication lines to LIFESPAN available . |
| 5 | She says 5 years ago there was virtualy no crime , now that 's all changed and the community has had to respond to that change . |
| 6 | This no doubt explains why historians writing about Scotland in Mary 's minority have tended to sound more shocked about the activities of the Scottish nobility than historians of other contemporary societies , and find it harder to reconcile the idea of ideological commitment with changes of the political and even religious heart produced by additions to the pocket . |
| 7 | This no doubt explains why it is so popular in disciplined societies where the government is bureaucratic , like Germany with its proportional representation . |
| 8 | Once accepted as setting up a trust , this no doubt gives the beneficiary , who is also the addressee , an action against the heir , or against whatever other beneficiary of the estate is in possession of the object in question . |
| 9 | This no doubt guaranteed their trustworthiness to their new comrades and may well have persuaded them that if communism was for their brothers then it would do for them too . |
| 10 | In day to day matters it was , she says , a democratic outfit — ‘ everyone had their say ’ — and this no doubt was in large part responsible for the exuberance , the wild unpredictability which was the driving force of the band in its last incarnation . |
| 11 | This no doubt explains the low number of fathers in these categories . |
| 12 | Noting the somewhat limited kinds of talk generated , the teacher commented that this no doubt reflected the limitations of the activities themselves : ‘ That 's about as much as you could expect to get out of them . ’ |
| 13 | This no doubt explains one of Hudson 's tests on the schoolboys , which asked them to write a description of a scientist 's wife , and a novelist 's wife , not a novelist 's husband . |
| 14 | The primary reason for this move was not a desire for increased tax revenue , welcome as this no doubt was , but , rather , an expression of the Government 's opposition to people enjoying a larger income when out of work than they could take home in a wage packet . |
| 15 | This no doubt explains his description in the earlier passage which I have cited of the constable 's choice as being one of ‘ last resort . ’ |
| 16 | This no nonsense guide is good for those wanting to go on an interesting selection of gentle walks . |
| 17 | I have a quiet feeling that this no reading and no a add up and all that stuff co co stems from the music they 're always listening to . |
| 18 | The first move in any programme is to gain the commitment of employers — without this no scheme will work . |
| 19 | He talked rather obsessively about those times , and while he talked I was overwhelmed by feelings of desolation : this no man 's land made me uneasy . |
| 20 | How about this No Smoking Please stickers have been sent out to London cabbies but unfortunately they will not arrive before next week . |
| 21 | Also from january first 94 i think there is to be signed an agreement between EC and some other european countries ( Norway , Sweden , Switzerland ++ ) which will make this no problem . |
| 22 | He asks : ‘ Would anyone say that the matrimonial consent would render this no crime ? ’ |
| 23 | He pointed out that despite the increase in the quantity of grain collected ‘ the food reserves are in danger of drying up , and against this no improvement in the requisitioning machinery can help . ’ |
| 24 | Erm I still have to come back in some ways Patrick to er this this no car situation . |
| 25 | ‘ She made it clear no decision had been taken and she was going to look at the Tomlinson Report with a totally objective view , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Day 2 No Man Is An Island |
| 27 | TV was black and white — there was no BBC 2 no Channel Four and even ITV was still fairly new . |
| 28 | They took a soaking no doubt relieved in an attitude of ‘ rather you than me , mate ’ as they watched the canoeists jump and sit in one motion the way they had practised boarding . |
| 29 | They 'd only been beaten 3 times this season so you feared the worst , but it was Oxford who struck next ; another no goal , or no penalty , according to Kevin Keegan . |
| 30 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |