Example sentences of "[vb past] no [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having obtained legal powers to build itself a tramway system , Croydon Rural District Council then discovered that legislation at that time made no provision for a Rural District Council to own , operate , or perhaps more important , to raise the necessary finance to construct a tramway system . |
| 2 | Given the constraints on space and the existence of two universities within the city , the University operates an informal zoning agreement with Oxford Brookes University , so that , for example , the University made no bid for a major site which was recognised as being crucial for the development of Oxford Brookes University . |
| 3 | More important , it was necessary that somebody should he acquainted with the details of imperial finance , and the Athenian constitution , like that of Rome in the republic , had no provision for a civil service , and like the Roman Senate , the Athenians governed and legislated as amateurs . |
| 4 | The age , judged Bismarck , who had no sympathy for a bourgeois society , was one of ‘ material interests ’ . |
| 5 | Compaq , it seems , had no stomach for a MIPS-only menu , and SCO found that prospect just as unappealing . |