Example sentences of "be [adv] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be literally no relationship between a man and his son-in-law were it not for his daughter , and so on . |
| 2 | Digital picture quality is said to be still no match for conventional photographic film but the big advantage is immediacy . |
| 3 | The quantity of water raised from the lower to the higher level will on the average equal that lowered from the higher to the lower level so that there will be practically no loss of water by lockage and as the vessels transported by the lifts are waterborne the weight of the load carried by the dock is always the same whether the vessel be loaded or not and whether the dock contains a vessel or not . |
| 4 | The net tangible assets of the Business are at the date of this Agreement and will pending Completion be no less than at the Balance Sheet Date and the profits of the Business from the Balance Sheet Date to the date of this Agreement and pending Completion are and will be proportionately no less than the profits for the previous financial year . |
| 5 | That there is no popular opposition is testimony not only to how successful they have been , but also to the fact that there appears to be simply no desirable alternative : the British just do not like their politicians enough to want them made head of state . |
| 6 | Think of the present problem with Bosnia there is n't a single er advanced industrial country that wishes to get engaged in ground warfare in Yugoslavia because there would be simply no point in it and any casualty er would be seen as a waste , as a throwing away of resources and you 'd have many casualties it 's argued . |
| 7 | There seems to be virtually no problem of sexually transmitted infection among lesbians , unless one or other partner also indulges in heterosexual activity as well . |
| 8 | There would be virtually no risk of her ringing to check up ; she can ‘ t abide me , and she 's even worse with Frank and the kids . |
| 9 | The ‘ before ’ studies anticipated that although the potential use of the bicycle would be increased by the development of the network , there would be virtually no transfer from other modes to it . |
| 10 | In my defence , I should have pointed out that , provided the transistor under test ( TR1 ) is removed from the tester , there will be virtually no current drain from the supply . |
| 11 | Since there will be virtually no current flowing through R4 , there will be virtually no voltage drop across it and the voltage at pin 2 will be equal to that at pin 6 . |
| 12 | Since there will be virtually no current flowing through R4 , there will be virtually no voltage drop across it and the voltage at pin 2 will be equal to that at pin 6 . |
| 13 | There may be virtually no briefs for a year or more , and it will be longer still before the young barrister pays his way . |
| 14 | For example , if technology is such that production is subject to a fixed maximum rate of capacity output , and for each firm its output under the collusive agreement is just about at capacity , then there would be virtually no short-run gain to reneging on the agreement . |
| 15 | The research showed there to be virtually no knowledge among arts projects personnel of available strategies for guiding schools in staff development except for a recognition of criteria by which to identify schools ready for development ( Shipman 's concept of a ‘ healthy school ’ in Slater 1985 ; viz. a recognition of the need for change by the school staff , a supportive headteacher , the active involvement of a senior member of staff , and a professionally interactive staff ) . |
| 16 | The first thing we discovered was that there seemed to be almost no information to go on . |
| 17 | It was a time when strikes were being blamed for most of the country 's ills , and Lord Hodson said : ‘ The injury and suffering caused by strike action is very often widespread as well as devastating and a threat to strike would be expected to be certainly no less serious than a threat of violence . ’ |
| 18 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 19 | There will be absolutely no surcharges on the price of your White Hot holiday . |
| 20 | You need to impress on him that it will only work if it is done properly — that there must be absolutely no cheating . |
| 21 | There seems to be absolutely no foundation to either tale . |
| 22 | There seems to be absolutely no evidence in favour of this second , crucial assumption ( nor is there evidence against ; the issue is remarkably unresearched and rarely even regarded as worth discussing ; see Mays and Bevan , 1987 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ There can be absolutely no doubt of that whatsoever , ’ said Wheeler . |
| 24 | Still — the cushions underneath him were definitely softer than wood , the wine in the wooden cup beside him was much tastier than sap , and there could be absolutely no comparison between a squirrel and the girl sitting before him , clasping her knees and watching him thoughtfully , unless mention was made of certain hints of furriness . |
| 25 | When I drew the attention of the Leader of the Opposition to previous threats of that sort , he wrote as follows : ’ Of course I can confirm that there will be absolutely no action of this kind . ’ |
| 26 | Is it not the case that as long as Saddam Hussein rules that country — as long as that brutal and murderous despot continues in power — there will be absolutely no solution for people in that unhappy state ? |
| 27 | The Hoss Cabinet , however , proclaimed on June 19 that " there can be no bargaining over the [ Taif ] accord and there can be absolutely no talk about giving a sop to anyone " . |
| 28 | And from that moment on there would be absolutely no way of ever proving that the whole thing had been faked . |
| 29 | There would be absolutely no u need to use an apostrophe because there 's no possession to follow it , it 's always got to be in that pattern of owner and possession , and if it 's one , then it 's before the s and if it 's more than one , it 's after the s . |