Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | A director of the Land and Timber Services , Dr Alastair Frazer , is quoted as saying that : " getting some return of their debt from sustainable forestry is better than getting no return at all " . |
| 2 | The mechanical processes involved are straightforward enough , albeit requiring no little patience , delicate handling and care which , all told , is a skill in itself . |
| 3 | There 's nothing worse in life than having no choice , I think . |
| 4 | When one finds a sympathetic platform from which to display an idea , many more ideas are stimulated which , although having no sympathetic platform , may be strong enough to create their own . |
| 5 | He also asserts , although giving no evidence for the claim , that ‘ the delinquent 's girl is a force for conforming behaviour , as opposed to acting as provocateur for delinquent activity ’ . |
| 6 | On balance , provincial brokers seem to offer more of their time , although giving no higher quality advice than their London rivals . |
| 7 | Newham North East ) shouted : ‘ Disgraceful ’ , when Mr Clarke claimed : ‘ The men , although doing no work , are at the moment still in the ambulance stations . |
| 8 | I do not think that the hon. Member for Edinburgh , Central , his hon. Friends or the majority of my hon. Friends would say that the Government were wrong , rather than giving no status to people who have been in this country for a number of years , to have given them exceptional leave to remain . |
| 9 | Sleep spindles develop during the first two months of life , varying in frequency between 10 and 4Hz although showing no systematic tendency to increase in frequency with age ( as is the case with the waking alpha rhythm , which progressively becomes faster with age , to reach a maximum of 10–11Hz ) . |
| 10 | The court must therefore be satisfied that the order will positively contribute to the child 's welfare and must not make an order unless it considers that doing so would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 11 | By section 1(3) of the Act of 1989 Parliament has required a court exercising this jurisdiction to have regard to a number of considerations and by subsection ( 5 ) has directed the court to make no order , notwithstanding an agreement between the parties , unless it considers that doing so would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 12 | This is because s1(5) of the Children Act precludes the court from making an order unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all . |
| 13 | ( c ) Presumption of no order The court can not make an order under the Act unless it considers that this would be better for the child than making no order at all ( s1(5) ) . |
| 14 | This decision throws no light on the present issue , since the order of the court , although imposing no punishment , was nevertheless a final adjudication and disposal of the case . |
| 15 | I understood that my mother was ambivalent about marriage , bitter about her own experience of it while seeing no possible alternative for me , and that this must make things difficult for her . |
| 16 | Renault started the year with the launch of its R25-replacing Safrane , a worthy competitor in the executive car class that , while breaking no new ground , demonstrated a clear understanding of the demands of that class . |
| 17 | While holding no important posts within the party and often dismissed as little more than a colourless clerk of little talent by Mao 's colleagues , he distinguished himself as a devoted and tireless servant both of Mao and his new wife Jiang Qing — qualities that would later prove far more important than any formal title . |
| 18 | However , given that only social workers have a legal responsibility to investigate allegations , and other professionals ( e.g. priests ) may be under an obligation to protect confidentiality , social services face the dilemma of undertaking the ‘ lead agency ’ role , while having no authority to insist that other professionals pass on information to them . |
| 19 | While having no direct anti-tumour effect on the cells in vitro , it was found that cimetidine inhibited suppressor T cells allowing the initial anti-tumour response affecting cytotoxic T cells to persist and be effective . |
| 20 | If in any given case the land in dispute is unbuilt land and the squatter is aware that the owner , while having no present use for it , has a purpose in mind for its use in the future , the court is likely to require very clear evidence before it can be satisfied that the squatter who claims a possessory title has not only established factual possession of the land , but also the requisite intention to exclude the world at large , including the owner with the paper title , so far as is reasonably practicable and so far as the processes of the law will allow . |
| 21 | First , Mr Hurd himself is sceptical — and amused — about the aspirations of some other EC countries which , while taking no part in the war , dream of a grandiose role for themselves in creating peace conferences afterwards . |
| 22 | There should have been no room in his universe for sub-divine but super-human powers , other than devils or angels ; however the senders of Scyld seem supernatural in knowledge and purpose , while showing no interest in the inhabitants of Denmark 's souls . |
| 23 | While making no overt concessions , he told lawyers and judges at the Middle Temple in London that discussions between a proposed advisory committee , the Law Society and senior judges ‘ may lead to different conclusions for different types of case , and most important of all , our conclusions may change in the light of experience ’ . |
| 24 | While making no secret of the Federal Republic 's readiness to provide massive aid for a democratic East Germany , the Chancellor emphasised that virtually all of eastern Europe , from Poland to Yugoslavia , would have a claim of the support and solidarity of Western Europe . |
| 25 | While making no claim to be a specialist retailer of classical CDs , in recent years Woolworths performed a great service to collectors as the exclusive distributors of the much-acclaimed Naxos label . |
| 26 | It was all right for Piers : he had played with her for the hell of it , while making no bones about telling her that she was little more than a convenient body . |
| 27 | Bazin , for his part , pledged his willingness to talk to Aristide while making no mention of his being restored to the presidency , a condition insisted upon by the Organization of American States ( OAS ) before the current US-backed trade embargo could be lifted [ see p. 38905 ] . |
| 28 | Forty six asthmatics ( 44 men and two women ; age range 27–70 years , mean ( SEM ) 49 ( 2.0 ) years ) were studied while receiving no bronchodilator medication . |
| 29 | Finally , I should like to express my gratitude to my partner , John Stacey , a lawyer of considerable intellect who , while bearing no responsibility for the contents of this work , first introduced me to commercial conveyancing and has since played no little part in my continuing education in the subject . |
| 30 | This diversion was unnecessary , thought Bennett , and I fear this and many similar instances were to befall him whilst commanding No 8 Group — for example , the introduction of the Master Bomber role , and the Group commander 's broadcast prior to the disastrous Nuremburg raid in March 1944 . |