Example sentences of "no [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This boiling down of groups into their respective ethnic essences is clearly congruent with the nationalist concerns of the right , but it is also sanctioned by the antiracist orthodoxy of the left and by many voices from within the black communities themselves which have needed no prompting to develop their own fascination with ethnic differences and thus reduce political definitions of ‘ race ’ to a narcissistic celebration of culture and Identity . |
| 2 | The tribunal was influenced by the facts that the offence was unconnected with his job and he was given no opportunity to state his own case because he was in prison at the time of the dismissal decision . |
| 3 | She seems to revel in arguments and loses no opportunity to declare her political principles . |
| 4 | The problems were immense , however , as students had no opportunity to select their own profession or place of work . |
| 5 | She made no attempt to conceal her appealing expanse of breast . |
| 6 | Feeling Rune 's eyes on her , she turned enthusiastically towards him , making no attempt to hide her ingenuous pleasure . |
| 7 | One immediate result , once the news leaked out — and he made no attempt to hide his new circumstances from Mauve and others in his immediate vicinity — was swift condemnation by all his middle-class associates . |
| 8 | But Maclean made no attempt to hide his political subversion . |
| 9 | Mention is made of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts but there is no attempt to question their ultimate effectiveness . |
| 10 | The financial problems at some ski resorts suggest that skiing — the quintessential 1980s yuppie holiday — is no place to put your 1990s money . |
| 11 | Elizabeth Titford must have thought that a London in which mobs could go on a looting spree in the City was no place to raise her young daughter . |
| 12 | I placed the plastic bag of dope on top of the cigarette packet , in clear view , but made no move to roll her another joint . |
| 13 | He had no right to treat her this way . |
| 14 | ‘ And you have no right to promise him any money ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ That … ghoul out there has no right to impugn my professional abilities . ’ |
| 16 | There is no need to withdraw your blocking arm fully as you reverse punch ; you probably wo n't have enough time to anyway ! |
| 17 | She had no need to give it further emphasis , it could not have been clearer . |
| 18 | There is no need to remind you that health is not the same as medical care . |
| 19 | Abortion says love God if you like , love the neighbour you can see , but there is absolutely no need to love your unborn neighbours — you can do them to death with impunity . ’ |
| 20 | He feels no need to conceal his personal ambition . |
| 21 | A tower may seem round from a distance , but there is no need to doubt our closer observation that it is square . |
| 22 | And , having freed over a quarter of the world 's population from our colonial rule , we have no desire to lose our own independence . |
| 23 | I have no desire to stop your evil trade in whatever you sell , buy and plot , or to search out your secrets , though one day perhaps I will . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Your kind instincts do you credit , my dear Robert , but have no fear , I have no desire to torture our Islamic friends . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Putt had no wish to acknowledge her former scullery-maid . |
| 26 | Read it in our way and we shall merely be , as Lewis says in the preface to The Discarded Image , like ‘ travellers who carry their resolute Englishry with them all over the Continent , mix only with other English tourists , enjoy all they see for its ‘ quaintness ’ and have no wish to realise what those ways of life , those churches , those vineyards mean to the natives ’ . |
| 27 | I have no wish to resume my old life . ’ |
| 28 | And he had no inclination to spend his off-duty time working in the jam factory that ran cheek by jowl with the camp ; he was n't in need of extra money . |
| 29 | The torpid staff inside showed no inclination to outpace your average snail until I mentioned that the dog could contain a considerable volume of food and was suffering from a severe dose of Delhi Belly . |
| 30 | Sometimes Alix shook off the liberties irritably , but tonight she submitted , responding to the petting , intimate , female warmth ; she kissed and was kissed , she thanked them for their Christmas cards , she wished them a Happy New Year , she shook hands with the older women , she laughed and felt safe with her friends , she made no effort to repel their eager affection . |