Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It knows the right and wrong which have been instilled into it and — a contentious assertion — sometimes it seems to know what is right or wrong even although it has no behavioural conditioning for that situation . |
| 3 | Although it has no normal control over policy the JCC is clearly an influential body with considerable support from both central and local government . |
| 4 | Although it has no permanent collections , its flexibility and room for manoeuvre could lead to new kinds of collaboration with institutions and individuals willing to lend works of art . |
| 5 | He has declared himself general co-ordinator of a new Parliament of Popular Power which , although it has no legislative authority , appears destined to take the place of the country 's National Assembly , which was dissolved last month . |
| 6 | Although it has no formal terms of reference , its discussions principally concern grants and expenditure levels . |
| 7 | THE London Ambulance Service said yesterday that it had no immediate plans to revert to its gremlin-plagued computer call-out system . |
| 8 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 9 | The agency claimed that , having stated as recently as Sept. 17 that it had no unreleased BNL material , it had since discovered the existence of a series of transmissions from the CIA 's Rome station which indicated that the Rome headquarters of BNL had authorized some of the Iraqi loans . |
| 10 | But because Hinkley C was seen as a virtual ‘ replica ’ of the Sizewell design , the NII had made it clear from the start that it had no major reservations . |
| 11 | In conference with Gerald Gardiner , subsequently Lord Chancellor , who had somewhat late in the day raised his flag as a member of the Labour Party , it was decided that the best course of action was for the Labour Party to be asked to be represented by Gardiner at the Vassall Tribunal and to inform Radcliffe that it had no additional witness to come to him . |
| 12 | After the ceremony , she and Ludovico went to Chiesa Santo Spirito , at the end of their road , where Ludovico had arranged for them to be blessed , explaining to her that it had no religious significance and did not endanger her non-Catholic soul . |
| 13 | The government , publishing its reply on the same day , stated that it had no legal liability to pay compensation , rejected the report 's assertions that actions fell short of the standards appropriate to the regulator , and further asserted that the general handling of the licensing of the Barlow Clowes partnership was careful and considerate . |
| 14 | The regulatory role of the Department of Trade and Industry in respect of Barlow Clowes had been sharply criticized in reports both of an independent inquiry ( published on Oct. 20 , 1988 ) , and of the Ombudsman ( published on Dec. 19 , 1989 ) ; on the latter date the government had announced that in the exceptional circumstances it would make ex gratia payments ( totalling some #150,000,000 ) to all investors who had suffered loss , while stressing that it had no legal liability to pay compensation . |
| 15 | Sotheby 's case for being discharged from this hugely expensive and embarrassing case rested on the argument that it was merely the custodian of the treasure , was unaware that its export licences from the Lebanon had been fraudulently acquired , and that it had no further interest in the treasure . |
| 16 | Syria , which signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) in 1969 , had previously declined to conclude such an agreement on the grounds that it had no nuclear installations . |
| 17 | At independence in 1961 and during the period immediately afterwards , the new TANU government was concerned that it had no direct voice in the press . |
| 18 | Bulgaria , which had recognized Macedonia in January [ see pp. 38703 ; 38734 ] , amended its position in February by stating that full diplomatic relations would be established only if the republic officially declared that there was no Macedonian minority in Bulgaria and that it had no territorial claims on Bulgaria . |
| 19 | Sabre has stressed that it had no formal link with Clydesale Office Equipment , which has now closed down . |
| 20 | It was disappointing that it had no significant effect on the tachycardia , but this may be helped by more sparing use of hyoscine butylbromide . |
| 21 | Certainly , EDS 's flurry of activity in Italy and Spain over the last few months is proof that it had no dire need of BT to capture the interest of new customers and business partners in the southern reaches of Europe . |
| 22 | Reagan 's testimony was released on Feb. 22 after the Justice Department ruled that it contained no classified information . |
| 23 | Finally we were told that a team had been formed but that it contained no skilful players , we remained sceptical ! |
| 24 | The report has been attacked by Friends of the Earth , which insists that it represents no new departure . |
| 25 | Human selfishness is so real in all of us that it requires no social encouragement , as in the breakdown of marriage , to pass it on to our children . |
| 26 | Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation . |
| 27 | Years before , a wooden handrail , polished by generations of hands , had lined the high pavement , but the town council had decided that it served no useful purpose and detracted from the charm of the stone-walled cottages perched high on the bank above , and when the handrail had become shaky with age it had been dismantled , much to the annoyance of the Thrush Green residents . |
| 28 | By summons , issued on 15 March 1991 , the third , fourth and fifth defendants asked , first , for an order that the action be struck out against them on the ground that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action or , alternatively , that paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer be struck out . |
| 29 | With regard to the fifteen inch speaker , Larry Hartke has stated that it offers no real performance advantages over Hartke 's renowned tens , but has been introduced to satisfy a specific demand . |
| 30 | A case control study of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis indicates that it has no overall influence on prognosis , but is responsible for a striking reversal of the usual inverse correlation of age and survival in HIV infection . |