Example sentences of "[verb] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shuriken skaters of Sagramoso City were swift — if inclined to capricious flourishes and virtuoso displays , as though recognizing that the Scouts were providing some destructive harassment , but ultimately posed no major danger . |
| 2 | ‘ We did originally conclude that the MiG 25 posed no real threat to our air defences , but it would appear there have been some new developments . |
| 3 | The Generalísimo was unruffled by these indications that large sectors of the population disagreed with the way he had planned their future , for they posed no real threat to his power . |
| 4 | The introduction of BBC2 , Channel 4 and local radio posed no such challenges to the public service ideas . |
| 5 | During the emerging Abyssinian crisis , Cabinet caution reflected a realistic assessment of the dangers to the British Empire of becoming entangled in a naval conflict with Italy in the Mediterranean , especially since Mussolini 's colonial adventure posed no immediate threat to British interests . |
| 6 | The government acknowledged that this merger posed no immediate risk to consumers , but reasoned that other chains in the area might follow the example . |
| 7 | The existence of imperfectly Christianized ‘ rustic ’ masses posed no serious problem except the pastoral one of how to improve the quality of their religious life . |
| 8 | Italian fascism tended not to regulate groups which posed no obvious threat to the regime . |
| 9 | They blocked efficient economic combinations that posed no competitive risk to anyone , except the merging parties ' slower-footed rivals . |
| 10 | Mark Ballantyne ( flu ) is doubtful for Gala 's meeting with Currie , who report no late changes . |
| 11 | Second , while adults who have been blind all their lives report no visual dreams , and have no measurable rapid eye movements using EOG measures , they do have periods of low-voltage EEC with reduced muscle tone , consistent with REM sleep , " and if mechanical sensors are used to assess eye movement , it appears that their eyes do indeed wiggle about during these sleep phases . " |
| 12 | At any given moment most such bands can be expected to contain no incestuous members . |
| 13 | Oesophageal perfusing solutions ( 0.9% sodium chloride containing 12.5 µCi/l of [ 3 H ] PEG ) , were titrated to pH 7.0 with 0.2 M NaOH and were found to contain no titratable alkali . |
| 14 | What ‘ disputes and speculations , which are esteemed no mean parts of learning , are rejected as useless ’ by the adoption of correct principles of knowledge ? |
| 15 | " I want no cheap tarts masquerading as ladies . |
| 16 | But I want no concealed bugs — they 'll probably think of that . |
| 17 | I want no light absolution . |
| 18 | Enthusiasm for a total test ban is strongest among those who want no nuclear weapons at all . |
| 19 | Some patients want no further contact with the would-be therapist after the initial assessment , or agree to see him only a few times . |
| 20 | ‘ I want no further advice from you , Ellen Dean , ’ said Mr Edgar coldly . |
| 21 | I , too , want no more part of it . |
| 22 | I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't trust no rubber boat , ’ the pilot said . |
| 24 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 25 | For a miner who remained fit no standard age of retirement was enforced before nationalization in 1947 . |
| 26 | ‘ The spirit and ideas of the liberals were republican although in order not to affront openly the opinions of the masses , they pretended no other aim than a limited monarchy , basing their projects on laws and events in the history of Spain adapted to their purposes . ’ |
| 27 | During the 1770s and 1780s the Congregationalists built more chapels in south Yorkshire than did the Methodists , but significantly they erected no new buildings between 1836 and 1851 , whereas at that time the various forms of Methodism were building chapels enthusiastically . |
| 28 | At that stage , most of us tried no real tests . |
| 29 | Whatever his motives , his contribution was unwelcome : he was , he said , taken to one side and told so ; he seemed to suffer no other reprisals . |
| 30 | On the other hand , beagles , taught with difficulty to ‘ smoke ’ , appeared to suffer no ill effects to the lungs . |