Example sentences of "not a shred [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that even if the Budget measures did help 100,000 unemployed people , as the Chancellor forecast , it meant that ‘ out of every 30 people out of work , 29 will get not a shred of help at all from the Budget ’ . |
| 2 | Allegations that Mr Gandhi or members of his family received large sums have often been heard on opposition hustings , but not a shred of evidence exists that his hands dipped anywhere near the till . |
| 3 | Many interviews were quoted with contacts in East Europe , all of whom claimed to have proof that Crabb was still alive , but not a shred of evidence was ever produced to support any of these bizarre allegations . |
| 4 | It seems that Constanze supplied Mozart with the sexual fulfilment he needed , and , although rumours abounded at the time , and have continued ever since , that both husband and wife took other lovers , there is not a shred of evidence to support such a theory . |
| 5 | There is not a shred of evidence that fearsome beasts were ritually slaughtered in the arena or lissome slave-girls routinely sacrificed on the altars of scowling deities . |
| 6 | For such a contention there would seem to be not a shred of evidence . |
| 7 | Besides , as Minter was in the process of admitting , he had so far assembled not a shred of evidence to support his claim . |
| 8 | Cosmas is burnt to death in his bed ; Damien killed by a mysterious archer who apparently can pass through thick walls , but there 's no clue to the riddle , no sign of the Templars and not a shred of evidence to indicate where the Grail or Excalibur lie . ’ |
| 9 | If she did , he did n't know what he would do ; he had not a shred of evidence . |
| 10 | It claimed that Ms Oruene had failed to show she was treated less favourably than any other candidate and that there was not a shred of evidence to show that it had deviated from normal procedures . |
| 11 | Dr Reid , author of a book on the Orkney case , claimed : ‘ There is not a shred of evidence of any form of abuse , physical or sexual , since the children 's father was taken out of circulation . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ There is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we will win , ’ he says . |
| 13 | ‘ But there 's not a shred of proof , is there ? ’ |
| 14 | There was , of course , not a shred of truth in any of the allegations of criminal conduct made against me during the trial by Beck and by his accomplice , Winston . |
| 15 | She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble . |
| 16 | ‘ But I can tell you this , Ranulf , even though I have n't a shred of evidence , I believe the deaths of those two young people have something to do with the murder of Lady Eleanor Belmont . ’ |
| 17 | There was n't a shred of self-pity there . |