Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [verb] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on Macedonian territory and it has succeeded in getting its neighbours to say the same . |
| 2 | But a proper understanding of the concept of communicative competence would have revealed that it gives no endorsement for the neglect of grammar . |
| 3 | ‘ Freedom from party control , as distinct from party commitment , is now so much taken for granted that it requires no affirmation . ’ |
| 4 | The party has said that it has no intentions of reducing its campaigning activities. , but will seek to improve its financial position through increases in membership fees and reductions in staff and publicity costs . |
| 5 | Measures during September to enforce the trade embargo at sea included ( i ) US action on Sept. 4 to stop the Iraqi freighter Zanubia , carrying tea from Sri Lanka , which was re-routed without the cargo being impounded ; ( ii ) the searching of the tanker Faur in the Gulf of Oman on Sept. 14 ; ( iii ) warning shots fired on Sept. 27 by a US naval vessel prior to the boarding by US Marines of the Iraqi tanker Tadmur , which was allowed to proceed after it was verified that it carried no cargo ; and ( iv ) the first UK action , on Sept. 30 , when HMS Jupiter stopped an Indian merchant vessel , Akebar , off Qatar , on its return from delivering humanitarian food supplies , but allowed it to proceed after it was found to be carrying refugees and was declared free of contraband . |
| 6 | In the night its silence and its matt , pewter gleam were alike deceptive , suggesting languor and sleep , while she knew from her memories of day that it was rushing down its bed with a tigerish fury and force , so concentrated that it generated no ripples and no sibilance . |
| 7 | By refusing a referendum on Maastricht this Government has declared that it has no respect at all for the wishes of the electorate . |
| 8 | Similarly , regarding incest , the Committee merely stated that it proposed no alteration in the definition of sexual intercourse for the purpose of this offence . |