Example sentences of "that [not/n't] a single " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the years passed , telephone , telex , facsimile and computer data traffic all came under this original warrant , so that not a single communication enters or leaves Britain without being subject to interception by GCCS 's successor , GCHQ . |
| 2 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 3 | A spokeswomen at the Museum told Pilot that not a single aeroplane had escaped destruction or serious damage , including Weeks ' Solution aerobatic biplane , in which he competed at the World Aerobatic Championships at Le Havre in July . |
| 4 | On one occasion a professor became aware when lecturing that not a single eye was raised from the all consuming task of rapid squiggling . |
| 5 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 6 | Is the Minister satisfied that not a single case was substantiated by the independent Police Complaints Commission , or does he share the scepticism of Lord Colville and others , who feel that nought out of 726 does not reflect the world that we in Northern Ireland inhabit ? |
| 7 | Does he agree that when Kent County Engineering Society recently held a seminar for primary school heads and local businesses , it turned out that not a single local business had thought of trying to interest primary school children in science and engineering . |
| 8 | Imagine his surprise , therefore , when he discovered that not a single German he met had ever been in the Nazi Party , let alone had even heard of a concentration camp . |
| 9 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |