Example sentences of "[ex0] [be] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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1 | The offshore championship is held over 10 rounds off the coast of Britain … the races can be anything up to a 100 miles … today its the Eastbourne Grand Prix … there 's not a deckchair to be had on the pier … its standing room only as thousands roll up to watch the big boats bouncing their way through the water … |
2 | There 's not a lot to the game really : just barge the other skater off the ball and race for goal — the computer-goalie is totally useless . |
3 | It might seem that there 's not a lot to it . |
4 | I says well Blackpool then , did all the routes you know , tell you all the routes that you can take for you know , and that took what fifteen seconds , twenty seconds or something to work that out , maybe there 's not a lot to er alternatives |
5 | FRESH evidence that there is not a link to toxic chemical sprays , such as Agent Orange , and increased birth defects in veterans ' children has been provided in a study by the Australian Commonwealth Institute of Health . |
6 | The displays seem rather tame after the wholesale market and there is not a melon to be seen . |
7 | While it is true that the spores can easily hop over the garden fence , and there is not a lot to be done about sources of infection further along the road , much can be done by being entirely ruthless in cleaning up your fallen leaves and rose debris . |
8 | ‘ There is n't a trench to be seen . |
9 | It is part of their folklore that the men go out to the pub or club at Sunday dinner time and there is n't a woman to be seen . |
10 | There is n't an alternative to the supervisors . |
11 | There was not a weakness to be seen and no-one at the game would back against them ending a 26-year wait for the Championship . |
12 | The elegant chairs and sofas had gone ; there was not a flower to be seen and , where the gold curtain had been , there was a very ordinary and rather battered door , through which they were taken to Paul de Levantiére 's tiny , chaotic office . |
13 | After another couple of hair-raising bends , they entered the tiny village of Ham , where there was not a light to be seen . |
14 | There was not a soul to be seen on the pavements . |
15 | There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard . |
16 | There was not a soul to be seen , which was hardly surprising , considering . |
17 | There was not a soul to be seen , though it was a weekend and the sun was shining after many days of rain . |
18 | Well , that raises the old question — or might raise it , if there was not an answer to it-of Lampleigh v. Brathwait ( above , p. 200 ) , a subject of great interest to every scientific lawyer , as to whether a past service will support a promise . |
19 | ‘ One faces a decision , I guess at such times , about how far to go with company instructions , and since the spirit of such meetings only appeared to be correcting a horrible price level situation , that there was not an attempt to actually damage customers , charge excessive prices , there was no personal gain in it for me , the company did not seem actually to be defrauding , corporate statements can evidence the fact that there have been poor profits during all these years … |
20 | There was n't a seagull to be seen Maggie suddenly realized . |
21 | Thankfully , there was n't a table to be had , but her run of luck — bad luck , that was — seemed to be holding . |
22 | From where they were there was n't a soul to be seen — certainly no other campers . |
23 | There was n't a star to be seen in the sky . |
24 | There was n't a cup to be found . |
25 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
26 | Sally , area organiser of the King George V Fund for Sailors , said : ‘ For the same event last year , there was n't a seat to be had , but this year we are having trouble selling tickets . ’ |