Example sentences of "are no [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The SuperVGA monitor is fine — there are no annoying flickers or wiggles .
2 Drawbacks : There are no audible signals when the touch-control panel is programmed , so the display needs checking carefully to make sure it is set correctly .
3 There are no audible words between us .
4 There are no in-house incinerators licensed to take PCBs , though many firms run incinerators which can take simpler chemical wastes .
5 ‘ Cutaneous injury to tissue and muscle , even when there are no outer marks on the horse , has already been established as taking place from research now underway and further development along this avenue must be explored . ’
6 The Soviet navy flag , with red star and hammer and sickle on a white and blue background , is everywhere , but there are no Russian flags of St Andrew or the Ukrainian blue and yellow within sight .
7 There are no steel-reinforced rules which say : Good parenting always produces good children .
8 He ( there are no female chief constables ) is , technically at least , the ‘ sole determinant ’ of police policy .
9 Can he give some assurances that there will be coherent planning to make sure that there are no vulnerable people er affected in this way , in the transition over to care in the community ?
10 ‘ It is quite hard because there are no God-given certainties .
11 Only congenital abnormalities in which there are no after effects or these are minimal and there is no need for further medical care after surgery are included .
12 By 1989 a survey showed that London 's figure had fallen to 21.3% ; there are no recent figures for New York , but the trend is similar .
13 There are no recent inland records , although storm-driven birds have been found inland in the past .
14 There are no recent counts of breeding pairs round either of the western harbours , but counts of young there indicate little change since 1947 and suggest a total population of rather under 100 pairs .
15 The central Atlantic is an ideal location in which to study the relationships between the lithosphere and isotopic compositions in basalts because the range in lithospheric age is large , there are no recent subduction zones nearby and the area is well away from the effects of the Dupal anomaly in the Southern Hemisphere .
16 This is one field of higher education where in some cases the fees from the overseas student are no higher than they are for British nationals .
17 No politician could have bettered it : ‘ Experience has taught us the fallibility of the assertion that crime rates amongst those of West Indian origin are no higher than those of the population at large . ’
18 Irate customers who bother to complain to their local water executives will be told the rises are no higher than were forecast .
19 In general , salaries are no higher than can be expected in England , and the cost of living ( coupled with health insurance costs ) may actually be prohibitively expensive in many areas ; people still have to work , and bills still have to be paid .
20 Success rates are no higher when the test item is placed in context , the chief effect of a context being to increase the rate for the " decimal point ignored " error .
21 But while room rates are high , they are no higher than those of some London hotels .
22 In this way , neither institution seeks to undermine its rival since there are no financial incentives to do so ; it is not a competitive market-place .
23 Having looked at the requirements , it remains to point out that there are no financial limits on the operation of the 1964 Act .
24 Will the Prime Minister ensure that there are no financial problems at any stage in ensuring that the long-term and short-term clean-ups take place ?
25 A higher education experience is not complete unless the student realizes that , no matter how much effort is put in , or how much library research , there are no final answers .
26 There are no final solutions .
27 They are guidelines , there are no final decisions to be taken in terms of the implementation of a number of these , but this is the Committee 's opportunity to view those in detail and make its recommendations through proposals to Policy and Resources Committee and on to Council .
28 ‘ He said very sweetly and tenderly , ‘ These are no normal occasions , elle a eu beaucoup de chagrin . ’
29 There are no normal stresses at the interface .
30 To illustrate this , consider the case of a pure monopolist , the sole producer of a good for which there are no close substitutes .
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