Example sentences of "no [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you 've got no income as of today 's date . |
| 2 | There was no response as Ho grabbed at his father 's arm in panic . |
| 3 | ‘ We have had no response as yet , ’ he said . |
| 4 | A grasshopper , slowly chewing a leaf-blade is suddenly struck by the clubbed end of a muscular tongue projected like a lance from the mouth of a chameleon ; a field mouse in the twilight of an English wood , searching for seeds , is transfixed by the curved talons of a pouncing owl and may be dead even before its captor 's beak begins to rip it apart ; a lizard in the Arizona desert , stabbed by the hypodermic fangs of a rattlesnake , is paralysed as venom is injected into its veins and it can offer no resistance as the snake takes it in its jaws and swallows it head-first . |
| 5 | As a result , the Marines experienced no resistance as they jogged down the hurriedly lashed gangplanks , and spread out across the docks . |
| 6 | The kiss went on forever , and she offered no resistance as he swung her up into his arms and dropped her gently on the bed , coming down with her . |
| 7 | They clung together , her body offering no resistance as his mouth became more ruthless , more demanding , creating a desire in her so strong that she moaned softly . |
| 8 | I 've no excuse as I do n't drink , and before you start ‘ an Irishman who does n't drink ’ , there are a few of us around , Declan speak up . |
| 9 | The rattlesnake is a more formidable enemy , because it has infra-red detectors to see in the dark and makes virtually no noise as it glides along . |
| 10 | The carpet on the stairs is thick and deep and I make no noise as I climb to the top , then pad along towards the master bedroom , tripping one more sensor . |
| 11 | There are various types of switchboards available that do various things and no decision as to which one would be best for us has yet been made . |
| 12 | However , they still had no luck as , here again , there was no clear signal . |
| 13 | Peppermint , M. x piperita , needs no description as to smell , but the leaves of black peppermint tend to be ovate , 6cm ( 2½in ) long and 4cm ( 1½in ) wide , and are purple tinged — this is grown commercially and is the one used for peppermint tea , so popular in North Africa , Pineapple mint , M. rotundifolia " Variegata " , is a form of the round-leaved mint , which often crosses with M. longifolia . |
| 14 | The meeting of the seventeenth of September at the defendants offices is admitted by the defendant erm , but there is no admission as to what was said at the meeting . |
| 15 | And if no entitlement as against such a purchaser can be established , paragraph ( a ) does not , in my judgment , enable the register to be rectified as against such a purchaser . |
| 16 | … It follows that the conveyance to Mrs. Bergin can have no effect as against Mrs. Wardman , and she is still entitled to the equity of redemption in the property . |
| 17 | They have reported what they know about the number of minke whales in the sea , but have made no recommendation as to how many of them might safely be slaughtered — or ‘ harvested ’ in the unpleasant terminology of the whalers . |
| 18 | did n't like us , oh no , no , no matter where we went there was always , there was n't trouble like there is now , I mean there was no violence as such you know , but we thought it was at the time , you know , they were n't very nice to us at all |
| 19 | I am under no illusion as to effect , he wrote . |
| 20 | Finally , should war in fact come , there should be no illusion as to what sort of enemy one would face . |
| 21 | The lecture gives the student a possibility to relate new facts to existing knowledge but provides no feedback as to whether this has occurred or not . |
| 22 | The soldiers bent over to form the arches but they were no good as they kept moving all over the place and there seemed to be no rules or sense of order to the game . |
| 23 | ( h ) Excepted defects There is no condition as to merchantability where defects have been drawn to the buyer 's attention before the contract is made , or if the defects should have been obvious from examination . |
| 24 | In what seems a somewhat specious argument , she urges Leo to bathe with her in the fire so that their mortal sins may be purged : but although the fire at first seems to do her no harm as she shows him the way into it , the self-seeking nature of her love becomes evident as her ageless beauty is destroyed : |
| 25 | However , Lilford gives no indication as to how this preselection might work . |
| 26 | And it gives no indication as to the source or cause of the fire . ’ |
| 27 | His tone was non-committal , gave no indication as to his own suspicions . |
| 28 | DEC also said it would provide R4000-based daughter cards to upgrade existing R3000 DECstations and DECsystems , but would give no indication as to whether it would proceed with MIPS beyond the R4000 , or concentrate on Alpha . |
| 29 | But sir there is a letter simply saying er she consents to the er application but there 's no indication as to why she 's not here . |
| 30 | One local housing authority stated that there was ‘ a need for greater provision of special needs accommodation for the disabled and handicapped ’ yet there was no indication as to how such accommodation was to be provided . |