Example sentences of "none [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him .
2 Her embarrassment continued when she was introduced to a procession of Korean shop workers , none of whom spoke any English .
3 Mercier and Baker ( 1985 ) ( see also Baker and Mercier 1982a ) report the results of an extensive and thorough series of experiments ( using the conditioned suppression procedure and a clicker and a light as the stimuli ) , none of which yielded any indication that the S1-S2 procedure diminished the magnitude of latent inhibition .
4 But times change and the only locally based fishing-boats now fish for scallops , crabs and lobsters , none of which produce any offal or discards .
5 Barbara Rashbass , director of the foundation , says that charitable bodies are entitled to decide how to allocate their funds and that unsuccessful applicants are free to apply for support from other medical research charities , none of which has similar restrictions .
6 None of which has any relevance to you , ’ said the woman , ‘ but it 's nice and polite of you to listen . ’
7 The four cardinal metaphors are the four foundations of physical science ( space , time , matter and number ) ; none of which has any objective , external status , rather they are ‘ creations of the mind ’ .
8 It is set at the junction of four minor lanes , none of which has any indications of antiquity .
9 None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest .
10 None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture .
11 None of them shed any tears over Riddle . ’
12 Harry felt as if he had heard or read them all before , in one form or another , and none of them shed any light on what had struck Mrs Diamond as ‘ not right ’ :
13 Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . "
14 Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . "
15 They none of them had much money , but the Bouveries had a house , for which they did not have to pay rent .
16 Margaret tried them all , but none of them had any help for her .
17 Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes .
18 None of them had direct experience of retail tariff-making and they were to find most of their initiatives on tariffs blocked by the Area Board chairmen .
19 None of them yield easy climbs , the approaches being rough and the summits gained over pathless terrain liberally endowed with cliffs .
20 But none of them does full justice to the purpose of Scripture as set out by the Bible writers themselves , or to the cumulative experience of Bible users through the centuries .
21 None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further .
22 Oh , they 'll be back , they 've none of them got that sort of money .
23 The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle .
24 None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour .
25 But when she 'd arrived the boat had been deserted and , as darkness had gradually obscured first the surrounding countryside and then the outlines of neighbouring boats , none of them showing any lights , she had become just a little anxious .
26 British law comprises thousands of separate statutes and decided cases : none of them give unqualified support to freedom of expression .
27 Three rivers rise in these uplands , the Nene , Welland and Avon , but none of them carries much water before they drain eastward and westward off the plateau , and the total water supply available for canal development in the area was never adequate .
28 None of them commands much loyalty amongst the other provinces and each effectively rules an independent state .
29 None of them showed any interest , however , in debating the matter with her or with us .
30 And none of them have any ideas when it comes to deciding what game they should play — until wise old owl finally saves the day and comes up with the answer .
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