Example sentences of "no [adj] [noun sg] could [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No educated man could stand the Dissenters . ’ |
| 2 | Argüelles was forced to admit that no ancient law could infringe the sovereign rights of the nation : the ancient constitution was kept only because it was supposed to contain the ‘ first principles of national felicity ’ . |
| 3 | If the reasons given by the chief officer of police are such that a court concludes that no reasonable officer could form the judgment that serious disruption would ensue , it is possible that the courts will prove readier to intervene than they ever were under the previous legislation , which referred to ‘ serious public disorder ’ only . |
| 4 | Calvin 's doctrine of election had the consequence that no earthly priesthood could arrogate the authority to determine whether an individual was of the elect . |
| 5 | Certainly no other organization could challenge the sheer size of an industry that had from the outset relied on economies of scale and realized the logic of a mass audience , but neither was there any other organization prepared to rely exclusively on entertainment , which the showmen had identified as the essence of the movies . |
| 6 | She noticed , with a feeling of disappointment , that he was not wearing the obligatory photo-pass without which no true Tory could enter the Party conference . |