Example sentences of "is [adv] no [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If there is no restriction on CS gas or plastic bullets ( and by November 1987 , twenty forces had been issued with plastic bullets ) , there is presumably no restriction on water cannon and live ammunition .
2 This will be the reason for the oddity of ( 54 ) where one such basic property is related to its noun through assignment , by contrast with the normality of ( 55 ) where it is given as one of the initial identifying properties of the subject entity ( there is obviously no difference of truth-value between the two ) : ( 54 ) ? a ladle which was heavy came down on his skull ( 55 ) a heavy ladle came down on his skull Thus , other things being equal we expect properties of such basic sorts to be used predominantly for identification by ordinary qualification .
3 In view of the amount of information in theses which is never published ( negative results , raw data , speculation , historical surveys , bibliographies ) , there is finally no substitute for thesis consultation .
4 There is thus no ground-swell of demand for traffic calming to be applied to those places that would benefit most , existing residential areas where accident rates are higher than in new estates .
5 This acknowledgement of the debt [ normally by signing on the face of the bill ] gives the exporter more peace of mind as opposed to selling on open account terms , although there is still no guarantee of payment .
6 And if that fails , and there is still no hand of man apparent in the removal , then it will be time to consider a rational judgement .
7 Now the milestone has been passed — and there is still no end in sight to the slaughter and suffering .
8 Even now there is still no end in sight .
9 Because of the constrictions in the blood vessels — rather like the necks of hour-glasses — there is practically no loss of blood and the blunt end of the tail-stump quickly dries off and hardens .
10 There is also no right of appeal against : ( i ) the making of or refusal to make an emergency protection order ; or ( ii ) the extension or refusal to extend such an order ; or ( iii ) the discharge or refusal to discharge such an order ; or ( iv ) the giving of or refusal to give any direction in connection with such an order ( s45(10) as amended by CLSA 1990 ) .
11 The pipe is simply pushed home into the fitting , where it is instantly secured , without the need for tools or a blow torch , therefore there is also no risk of fire damage to furniture .
12 There is really no subtlety of character to connect in .
13 Personally I 'd hate to see Hodge go , he gives his all and as has been mentioned on a number of occasions scores very important goals but I suppose their is really no place for sentiment with the way we 've started this season .
14 For example , it steadfastly refuses to ban lead in petrol even though there is now no scientist of repute willing to say that leaded petrol is , on balance , blameless and even though opinion polls have shown a massive public consensus against lead in petrol .
15 ‘ There is now no sort of work in the home strictly reserved for the wives , ’ Young concluded .
16 Husbands also did a lot of work in the home , including many jobs which are not at all traditional men 's ones … there is now no sort of work in the home strictly reserved for ‘ the wives ’ .
17 Menzieshill still enjoy a three-point advantage with two games to play , but there is now no margin for error as they meet their main contenders , Kelburne , in a final game tomorrow night at the McTaggart Centre .
18 In the case of remand prisoners there is often no opportunity to work , even if they wish to do so .
19 Figes , for instance , says that ‘ there is almost no evidence in favour of nature ’ ( 1972 : 9 ) .
20 Bribery apart , there is almost no method of persuasion which is considered to be out of bounds .
21 For example , we can prevent factories that are obviously discharging their waste into rivers , from doing so ; and there is virtually no kind of effluent nowadays that can not be safely treated and disposed of , if we are prepared to spend the money .
22 A foreign language , in contrast , carries the problem that there is virtually no evidence of capacity at the primary level — and a judgement or prediction based on an analogy with a proved capacity in a native language is open to doubt .
23 The Ministry of Agriculture has now concluded that there is virtually no problem from salmonella in eggs ; and what problem there is will not be eased by going around the country slaughtering flocks of hens .
24 Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’
25 Using the linked list method , the amount of memory used is much more acceptable , and there is virtually no change in speed for either tree structure .
26 There is virtually no difference between action and control samples in Ipswich in organic brain syndrome and possession of behavioural problems ; control sample clients appear older in Newham and more problematic in terms of informal care and in possession of behavioural problems , and in Ipswich in terms of indoor mobility ; only in Newham on OBS score and indoor mobility can action sample clients be seen as more problematic than the control samples .
27 A birdie is rare indeed at Aldeburgh where there is virtually no margin for error , especially if the wind blows .
28 Except in its application to me personally , about which there is unfortunately no room for dispute , I am not interested in reforming tax law .
29 There is then no confusion between ground-state and excited-state information .
30 Moreover , with a variety of acoustic transducers in use there is yet no agreement on performance characteristics : different microphones can produce different acoustic signals , and these need to be standardised .
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