Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adj] [conj] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place the number of States that work diligently on their accident investigation responsibilities is regrettably rather small , and although their delegates may approach a divisional meeting with the same view of the agenda items their ideas can be , and all too frequently are , frustrated by States which make little or no contribution in this field of activity . |
| 2 | This latter fund simply collects together all the appropriations of expenditure made by Parliament and is financed broadly by taxation and borrowing in proportions which bear little or no relationship to the underlying ‘ capital ’ and ‘ revenue ’ spending . |
| 3 | Is it not possible for the Council to devise rules to eliminate such resolutions which have little or no relevance to the purposes and work of the national trust ? |
| 4 | A range of critics ( including Coate , 1983 ; Hamel and Prahalad , 1985 ; Porter , 1985 ; Naylor , 1982 , 1986 ; Prahalad and Doz , 1987 ) have emphasized that the validity of the portfolio-matrix approach depends fundamentally on the existence of SBUs which have little or no interdependence in a corporate group 's portfolio . |
| 5 | Parents use a variety of techniques , from reasoning and explaining to threatening and slapping , when a child is having a tantrum , all of which have little or no effect . |
| 6 | We urge you to protect the livelihood and acknowledge the importance of community-based grassroots media representing the opinions of major sectors of the population which have little or no access to the mass media . |
| 7 | If this is a universal understanding of the grief process , how does the church assist the bereaved in the first stage of their loss , bearing in mind that many people who make little or no claim to Christian faith still look to the church to provide a fitting funeral rite ? |
| 8 | There is overwhelming evidence from the PEP survey to show that local concentrations of the racial minority groups are associated with poor housing , poor jobs and low incomes , and among Asians with large and often extended families with a high ratio of dependants to wage earners and consisting of people who speak little or no English . |
| 9 | People who speak little or no English may not understand the need for speed , and it may take time to get the information translated . |
| 10 | Indeed , those employers that undertake training programmes stand the risk of having their workers with their newly acquired skills being poached by employers who undertake little or no training . |
| 11 | Those who undertake little or no training would pay the highest levy . |
| 12 | Those who read little or no SF associated relatively fewer items with SF . |
| 13 | Well , with a membership of 32,000 and an unemployment level of 70% it follows that there are many members who get little or no work within the profession . |
| 14 | Most colleges it seems contained people made unhappy by sexual harassment , who find little or no support from the people charged to provide that support . |
| 15 | An important aspect of the teacher 's job is the size of the class he or she is expected to teach ( on average , this is greater than the pupil/teacher ratio , as calculations of the latter include staff who do little or no classroom teaching ) . |
| 16 | It is recommended that those who have little or no experience of investigation techniques should complete 81218 Community Welfare 1 . |
| 17 | It is recommended that those who have little or no experience of investigation techniques and/or group work skills should complete 81212 Local Investigations 1 prior to commencing 81220 Roles and Behaviour . |
| 18 | Nevertheless it is necessary to use some specialised terminology in order to define pupils who have little or no sight , so that their needs can be realistically exposed and appropriately met . |
| 19 | The Critical Lawyers Group has suggested the establishment of a Public Law Project which would provide assistance in matters relating to public law to people who have little or no access to such assistance , due to their social disadvantage or lack of income . |
| 20 | Cutaways are a great help when you are trying to build a sequence of events over which you have little or no control . |
| 21 | It would appear that differences between action and control samples are masked by the fact that the action samples contain people who need little or no input from the Home Support Project in order to remain at home , as well as a few for whom that input is crucial . |
| 22 | Apart from Perrot , whose Giselle has survived , we have little or no idea what these choreographers were like . |
| 23 | However , most of the time we have little or no idea what action results from articles in the Journal , or whether members would prefer other ways of getting involved . |
| 24 | At this point , where we have little or no capacity left to discriminate , we become almost unable to feel anything , whether good or bad . |
| 25 | Some problem-solving will take the form of a deliberative weighing of consequences , although quite often we choose the least likely-looking solution or toss a coin , but equally frequently we have little or no time for debate . |
| 26 | ‘ Change for change 's sake ’ is not our policy and as un-paid voluntary workers — going more or less flat out — we have little or no time to spare for non-essentials ! |
| 27 | Much of Vicki Hearne 's otherwise sensitive attempt to depict the complexity of canine discrimination , of which we have little or no inkling , is undermined by this mistake . |
| 28 | THE BRITISH wives of American servicemen stationed in the United Kingdom must pay the poll tax even though they receive little or no benefit from public services , the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday . |
| 29 | They get little or no publicity for their efforts in this area — quite deliberately . |
| 30 | They do little or no teaching , so they are always available . |