Example sentences of "[conj] no [det] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed , a study in Hackney in 1990 of the work of mental health professionals working in a community team supporting people at home found that no less than a quarter of their working time was spent on working out welfare entitlements . |
| 2 | British officials said that no more than a quarter of the meeting had been taken up with the ‘ general issues ’ raised by the Chinese . |
| 3 | Providing that the catfish is avoided , and no more than a total of 15 cm ( 6 in ) length fish is introduced for every 0.09 square metre ( square foot ) of the surface area of the water , excluding the marginal areas , then few problems should be encountered . |
| 4 | First a request , and no more than a request , for an amendment to the order or some sort of assurance concerning its implementation ; these tend to be few in number . |
| 5 | To the rapid , repetitive beat two glistening bodies were contorting themselves into an impossible position , their backs horizontal to the floor and no more than a foot from it . |
| 6 | Most of this level is involved in the physical functioning of our bodies — breathing , circulation , heartbeat and so on — and no more than a quarter is available for dealing with our conscious thought processes . |
| 7 | He made no announcement until 19 October , and perhaps did not even close his own mind until no more than a week earlier , but on 3 October , the same day that the Italian attack was eventually launched , he went to Bournemouth and for the first time in seven years addressed the Conservative Party Conference . |
| 8 | After the storms of bitterness , this really was a tremendous volte-face , but no more than a barometer of the changes within Nancy herself . |
| 9 | Once this alienation had set in , it was inevitable that , as in our day , the loved one should come to be regarded — at least by the conscious mind — as no more than a body to be disposed of as quickly and hygienically as possible . |
| 10 | So he had moved away from Jewtown to a considerably larger and more imposing semi-detached house in Blackrock — a suburb which , though no more than a mile beyond Celtic Crescent , was undeniably middle-class and rising . |
| 11 | He 'd gone when no more than a lad , |