Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] no [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In the 1950s , the flourishing Society decided to add the acquisition of art and antiquities to its activities , and began an omnivorous phase , accepting and pursuing works that had virtually no connection with its founders ' goals .
2 In this study the antigliadin antibody-IgG test was often abnormal on gluten free diet and showed almost no correlation with the microchallenge .
3 But to enable him to concentrate on it , the government services that arose one after the other in the nineteenth century ( forestry , irrigation , the archaeological survey , public health and sani-tation , roads ) were organized outside the administrative structure , and had virtually no contact with the district officer .
4 He was well off and had therefore no difficulty in accomplishing this .
5 Doogie was Scottish — well , he would be , nobody would admit to coming from Inverness if they were n't — and had absolutely no sense of humour .
6 October 1940 , but made virtually no progress in the winter months and the arrival of British Air Force units to assist the Greek troops , prompted Hitler to act in order to protect the very important German control of oilfields in Rumania .
7 He stared at the envelope again but found there no clue to what had been enacted .
8 They lost every deposit , and so contributed £128,000 towards the election , but received almost no coverage in the national press , TV or radio in return .
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