Example sentences of "[prep] none [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such people were held to be possessed of none of the attributes of pure intellect , the cultivation of which was the purpose of education . |
| 2 | As none of the small libraries with establishments under 100 were in this group , this represents 43% of the libraries with establishments over 100 . |
| 3 | In one case , a company was found to have a decisive influence with a 39% shareholding , as none of the other blocks of shareholdings exceeded 4% , and so the company was in a relative position of strength . |
| 4 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 5 | As none of the various systems in use at that time were suitable , Intergraph began evaluating appropriate accounting software . |
| 6 | As none of the guests spoke Spanish ‘ I rang up the British Consul and asked for his help and he provided it . |
| 7 | I am not certain why the other three crew members were not included on the memorial as none of the bodies were recovered . |
| 8 | County freeholders and burgh magistrates alike found Indian patronage attractive , for an Indian appointment opened up a career to a poor gentleman as none of the alternatives then available could do . |
| 9 | However , as none of the chemist 's creams worked , I ended up going to see my doctor . |
| 10 | The decision increased the degree of uncertainty surrounding the 1990 mayoral election , as none of the candidates for the Democratic primary , scheduled for the Sept. 11 , had managed to establish a clear lead . |
| 11 | As none of the directors are shareholders in the group right , surely they are employees ? |
| 12 | ‘ This has proved to be completely false as none of the lorries we have seen being used have been sealed . ’ |
| 13 | The one that killed MacQuillan is like none of the others , neither is the one from the pond . |
| 14 | It is a low cliff , approached by a path , and can be done in all the beauty of the Verdon scenery but with none of the problems of the big cliffs . |
| 15 | The DACs give the function OUT1/SCALE to scale each half cycle to the same magnitude , which is said to provide a 20dB increase in loudness , subjectively , with none of the usual speech compression problems . |
| 16 | I suspect that Pound is rueful at best when he looks down and sees us industriously annotating out of Sir Edward Coke Canto 107 , without noticing that the English language is in that canto handled with none of the sensitivity that would make those labours worthwhile . |
| 17 | Worse still , the new Leeds are as sly and provocative as Don Revie 's sides , with none of the skills which made them the Liverpool of the Seventies . |
| 18 | Newman explains that LET works with big practices of commercial architects because time and time again they come up with the goods , on budget , on time and with none of the tantrums of the prima donna . |
| 19 | Supper at the kitchen table — bread coarsely cut and buttered , with none of the little refinements that were considered necessary for the family , who ate in another room . |
| 20 | These groups have made strenuous efforts to get it right — to get the sound they always wanted , with none of the cheapskate shoddiness that British soul/jazz groups often settle for : to counterbalance that lush , affluent sound with concerned lyrics , nods to their roots and tons of soul-blaring compassion . |
| 21 | Another empty day with none of the jobs she had carried out day after day for so long that filled her time with things she enjoyed . |
| 22 | It was also a positive term with none of the negative connotations of Nonconformist or Dissenter . |
| 23 | In 1987 , when she entered the House of Commons as the MP for Norfolk South West — a safe-as-houses rural Tory seat — she was already 46 , with none of the outward trappings of a high-flier , merely a proven ability to work swiftly and effectively and an unthreatening charm . |
| 24 | The little owl pine marten and the Arctic and red fox assemblages are the most extreme , with none of the maxillae retaining even a vestige of the zygomatic process . |
| 25 | It was a free system with none of the formalism of the ordinary civil procedure . |
| 26 | Wave power was ‘ back at square one ’ with none of the present crop of devices ‘ ready to go to large-scale trial ’ . |
| 27 | The women , too , had to cope with all the household duties , including feeding men and hired hands with appetites honed by constant fresh air and exercise , with none of the labour-saving aids which most women took for granted . |
| 28 | This part of West London seemed like the country to me , with none of the disadvantages , no cows or farmers . |
| 29 | When you drink orange juice you are getting all the calories which are present in the orange in the form of sugar , but with none of the fibre filling power . |
| 30 | The main advantages are : the bridge is fixed with the arm in the ‘ down ’ position ( perfect for playing country bends in tune , or for keeping strings in tune should you break one ) ; it 's impossible to strip the thread by screwing the arm in too tightly ; you can choose to load your strings through the block or just through the bridge ; and it feels good , like a light Stratocaster trem , with none of the fudginess of more complex units . |