Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [modal v] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about 25 per cent moisture content however these hydroxyls become saturated and the cell walls can absorb no more water ; this is known as the ‘ fibre saturation point ’ . |
| 2 | Dr Rafaelo would want no more to do with her now . |
| 3 | Thirty exit points would take no more room than the entrance to a multi-storey car park and the tunnel would carry one three-lane ‘ layer ’ of cars travelling in one direction and a bottom ‘ layer ’ travelling in the other . |
| 4 | There is one area in which costing systems can do no more than provide the raw data , and that is in the treatment of overruns , variations and claims , which can often only be quantified by a detailed interpretation of the data recorded in the system . |
| 5 | In the short time available to her on 16th October Hilary could do no more than give a very sketchy account of her visit but enough to whet our appetites for more . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , library responsibility could mean no more than an extra " free " period on top of an otherwise full teaching timetable , and this is clearly a serious constraint on project-related developments , even without the effects of industrial action on lunchtime and after-school working . |
| 7 | Anne Butler could do no more but return home . |
| 8 | Detainees in police stations should have no more difficulty in obtaining therapeutic agents than the average citizen at home , and probably less , since the latter does not generally have a car and driver to collect his medicines from the local pharmacy . |