Example sentences of "[det] [is] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it must be remembered that this is no a priori scheme imposed upon the appearances , but rather an interpretation gradually distilled from them by prolonged contemplation . |
| 2 | A decade after the Scarman report on Brixton and on the evidence from our more troubled communities , this is no time for any of us to strike traditional postures . |
| 3 | There is still no clarity about what sort of programme it is meant to be : but , to begin with , this is no bad thing . |
| 4 | This is no place for a short Sunday afternoon stroll , the paths are very well marked but the going is tough . |
| 5 | part of the reason for this is no doubt Eliot 's hostility to ideas about ‘ social progress ’ one aspect of which was the eugenics movement . |
| 6 | This is no less an aesthetic matter than a political one . |
| 7 | But this is no vulgar skirmish of brittle nylon colours — its startling brightness is as carefully coordinated as a Zandra Rhodes gown |
| 8 | This is no hardship when there are fine fruits on offer instead : compotes of dried fruits as well as fresh apples , pears , bananas , citrus fruits and the first invigorating taste of early forced rhubarb . |
| 9 | The daughter opens and closes the play on a swing , her hair free but a soundtrack of synthesised chords and foundry clatter emphasising this is no Fragonard . |
| 10 | From the market 's point of view , this is no less significant than the stake 's being in one pair of hands . |
| 11 | It 's only when you 've heard his extraordinary story that you realise this is no ordinary man . |
| 12 | But , while working from the premise that rugby league ‘ is incomparably superior to any other winter game ’ , this is no emotional treatise but an intelligent , dispassionate examination of the game in relation to its environment , to art and to other sports . |
| 13 | This is no surprise , reckons the study . |
| 14 | Yet when he and other top men at GE are asked why the company has only one foreigner on its 19-member board of directors , they insist that this is no obstacle to making the company truly global . |
| 15 | Though all triangles have angles equal to two right angles , having this is no part of their essence or definition . |
| 16 | This is no pretend story , but one that stresses real earthiness — God 's coming to the profane and ending the separation between sacred and secular . |
| 17 | Jumping up , he went to the edge of the pavement , trying to catch sight of the bus among the trippers and the traffic : ‘ This is no good ! |
| 18 | This is no elaborate , townie 's re-creation , overburdened with fancy aesthetics , but a living , breathing original — a mixture of plants for use and beauty , like those that appealed to so many artists around the turn of the century . |
| 19 | This is no bad thing . |
| 20 | Mr Foley , formerly assistant to George Graham at Arsenal , said : ‘ It was my 55th birthday yesterday and this is no way to celebrate . |
| 21 | This is no accident . |
| 22 | When the Independent crows ‘ Let's face it , a sick bag is a sick bag ’ I feel that this is no way of speaking of some unfortunate woman ; or of another who , according to her husband , ‘ had cast off clothes at the jumble sale ’ . |
| 23 | You 'd be right , of course : Citroens which have lost the use of their hydropneumatic systems are sorry beasts , best taken to one side and shot in the neck ; and I 'll admit I was once charged £300 for a new water pump for a CX model , but this is no reason to dismiss them . |
| 24 | In any case , this is no doubt the last time the Gooch–Micky Stewart partnership will be operating for England . |
| 25 | Many of the courses are privately owned and out of bounds to casual visitors , but this is no problem as Florida has more golf courses than any other state — 930 . |
| 26 | This is no time for sorrow |
| 27 | This is no mere coincidence but an indication of the antiquity of knowledge among the Gaels who cultivated these plants dose to almost every house they built . |
| 28 | But since virtually all phyla of animals have planktonic larvae , this is no help in solving the puzzle . |
| 29 | Often discrimination in education is unintentional , although this is no excuse in law , and usually indirect . |
| 30 | Agendas , minutes and related papers are available For inspection at the school , but this is no substitute for attendance at meetings if public information and debate is fully intended . |