Example sentences of "no [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England the Lords of Trade certainly had no money to spend on the colonies ; and would have been quite as surprised as any earlier generations at a suggestion that they ought to be spending money on them . |
| 2 | We regret though that it will not allow the defence to make an early submission of no case to answer in the magistrates ' court . |
| 3 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 4 | On the facts of the case the rules of natural justice had been broken because the constable had had no opportunity to comment upon the allegations made against him . |
| 5 | He loses no opportunity to boast of the glories of his native land . |
| 6 | They also complained about unfairness , but there was no willingness to look at the charges or to have proper consultation with local authorities to see how they and the Government could work together to improve the general standards of our beaches . |
| 7 | ‘ Twill do Anne no harm to leave off the dances for a few months out of respect for her grandma , ’ Julia said . |
| 8 | There was no attempt to empathise with the rioters or to communicate their grievances . |
| 9 | The sentence was not wrong in principle , and there had been no failure to comply with the requirements of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 . |
| 10 | Delivering a brief lecture on self-control , Leonora began frying bacon , cutting hunks of crusty bread , grating cheese , determined to keep so occupied that there was no attention to spare for the worries which seemed to be multiplying by the minute . |
| 11 | These salads come into production faster than traditional lettuces as there is no need to wait for the plants to mature . |
| 12 | Today , the industry has no need to feed off the margins , needs no lessons from Sigue Sigue Sputnik about the Global Leisure Industry , movie tie-ins or the killings to be made in the future collusion of pop and advertising to create new needs . |
| 13 | I soon realized she 'd been raped — no need to go into the details . |
| 14 | Even if he had been able to fix the damage , Manville had no desire to drive through the streets of Washington with the slogan ‘ Fuck U Honkies ’ sprayed in bright red aerosol paint on the ice-blue hood of the Ford . |
| 15 | Mr Papandreou , aged 70 , is under increasing pressure to reach a compromise solution with his political opponents as Greek voters have no desire to go to the polls again for a third time in less than six months . |
| 16 | It was held that there was an appropriation by the assistant because she had no authority to deal with the goods in this way . |
| 17 | By drawing attention to these links I have no wish to insist on the virtues of ‘ ordinary language ’ analysis . |
| 18 | I have no wish to tread on the toes of colleagues who have legitimate local interests , but from the national standpoint , I think that it is regrettable that the link will not take that route . |
| 19 | The result of this decision was that not only was the minor under no obligation to pay for the waistcoats but also , apparently , he could keep them ! |
| 20 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 21 | If a section was held responsible for an offence ( as it was if someone outside the section was offended ) the victims would hold the section responsible ; but even though the section shaikh made the peace , he had no power to collect from the lineages in his section : he had to get the agreement of the lineage shaikhs , and they then collected from their members . |
| 22 | 343 ) that where a common law court had decided a case the Court of Chancery had no power to intervene between the parties … |
| 23 | These higher-order shaikhs had no power to intervene in the affairs of component lineages , although again , as senior and widely connected men , they had other roles which could entitle them to express an opinion . |
| 24 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 25 | No time to play with the children , no time to take the dog for a walk or to try their hand at painting , boating or simply thoughtfully chewing a straw . |
| 26 | There was no time to look at the cuttings he had given her , and Loretta put the envelope in her bag . |