Example sentences of "the [noun] [modal v] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were genuine attempts to curb these activities but the PLO could do no more than send its security units into the streets to prevent looting . |
| 2 | Even so the president could do no more than test the reaction of the ambassador to some of the advice and conclusions of his own government machine . |
| 3 | There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present . |
| 4 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 5 | I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will need no such encouragement . |
| 6 | The computer totals the number of responses and the correct answers ; then when the child can supply no more words a full list of all possible words will be displayed , with the child 's answers in colour . |
| 7 | On television that evening Mobutu said that the conference could do no more than write the new constitution , and could not adopt it . |
| 8 | Too weak to bargain over the State 's impositions , the townsmen could do no more than try to spread the burden as thinly as possible . |
| 9 | Well , the cape would do no more than implicate Putt in the rape of the gipsy girl and it seems she 's married and gone . |
| 10 | In its evidence in chief , the prosecution need do no more than adduce evidence of one of the circumstances required by the offence of criminal sexual conduct . |
| 11 | The hole may twist and turn and the ferret will do no more than tie itself to the root while simply passing along the burrow . |
| 12 | Since even the best attested fact of the history of the past can possess no more than a very high degree of probability and since , by definition , Christian and indeed all religious faith must from the believer 's point of view be absolutely certain and secure , can faith ever be said to depend upon an historical fact , no matter how well established ? |
| 13 | ‘ Of course the traffickers would do no such thing . |
| 14 | Putt resolved the man would have no more of his business . |
| 15 | The problem will then return to the Government 's desk , and I hope it will then accept that the country can have no more universities , and no more university places , than it can afford . |
| 16 | Often the clerks would accept no more cards after midday , and even then those whose cards were taken in close to that hour were not called up until near midnight . |