Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is a mistake to simulate confidence where you have no certain knowledge .
2 The ‘ spiritual sense ’ view of faith has given rise to a form of spiritual elitism in which the believer welcomes a position in which he or she has no common ground with the unbeliever , and thereby turns the sort of dismissive ‘ religious language is nonsense ’ approach of Ayer into a welcome acceptance of the divide between men and women of reason on the one hand , and those with faith on the other .
3 Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is a place for parliamentary contacts where we have no diplomatic relations ?
4 Her supporters , however , claim that she has returned the party to the essential verities of sound money , lower rates of income tax , strong government , and rolling back government from areas where it has no useful role to play .
5 Despite the complexities behind the loss of the vision of the church at war , the net result has been simple : either the Devil has ceased to exist , or he plays no essential role in the history of salvation .
6 Well I 'm , I think er , although I have no personal time for Mrs Thatcher politically at all , I think she 's an absolutely classic victim of misogyny .
7 Judging from this and its unusual style , the key could be late in period ( 3rd or 4th century ) , although I have no hard evidence to support this view .
8 Although I have no formal training , my experience is drawn from ‘ the school of life ’ , having come through divorce , and the death of my son and partner .
9 Much later it struck me as odd that I experienced no superstitious fear or repugnance in the presence of a dead body , although I am so squeamish that more than once I have had to ask a neighbour to deal with a dead rabbit that one of the cats had brought in during the night .
10 I know it 's a bit of tenuous link but there we are — other than that I 've no great claims to knowing any Leeds players
11 I was experiencing what he meant ; a new self-acceptance , a sense that I had to be this mind and this body , its vices and its virtues , and that I had no other chance or choice .
12 Then , I believe , she was grateful that I had no prior distractions in my life .
13 The implications were that I had no physical characteristics of my own , but that in the same way as I ‘ had ’ my father 's nose , or my grandmother 's eyes , I somehow inhabited a body which was not mine but a replica of my mother 's , and over which , therefore , I had no control .
14 Other authors have been more coy : " I have left the central concept of this paper , namely pragmatic context , in rather thorough vagueness , and this for the simple reason that I see no clear way to reduce the vagueness at the moment " ( Bar-Hillel , 1970:80 ) .
15 ‘ I can assure you that I have no political motives whatsoever .
16 It means that I have no real belief in the power of reason , and sympathy and humanity .
17 I hasten , therefore , to assure you that I have no such intention .
18 ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . )
19 There is so little to choose between these four locator systems that I have no fixed preference and would not recommend you to buy one rather than any other .
20 However , I and others find it difficult to accept that , but I repeat that I have no hard evidence to substantiate my claim .
21 Pray be assured that I have no less confidence in your qualities of governance . ’
22 Perhaps it is fortunate for my own sake that I have no further letter now . ’
23 And why I should thank God , if I believed in God , that I have no German blood . ’
24 Maggie was undressing him impatiently too although she had no real idea of what she was doing .
25 With a slight sense that things were moving faster than anticipated , Loretta admitted that she had no firm plans for the next day .
26 She was only half aware that Rachel was heavily subsidising her rent , because she was living in a part of London and a sort of house so different from her friends that she had no easy comparisons .
27 It was then that her stomach began to yaw , for it occurred to her that she had no solid evidence at all with which to tackle Taczek .
28 She replied that she had no such intention .
29 Finally a woman I worked with told me in no uncertain terms that she had no such desire , which threw me utterly .
30 ‘ Ladies ’ verse' became a phrase of scorn ; anthologies ceased to include any , readers forgot its existence , and Elizabeth Barrett Browning was able to complain that she had no poetic grandmothers .
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