Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [verb] no " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 2 | ‘ That should make no difference . |
| 3 | Normally that should present no problem to the team batting second , but none of them could dominate the bowling and the low total seemed to spur England to some brilliant fielding ; when Botham got Gomes and Richards in successive overs , the game moved England 's way , and the rest of the wickets drifted away for a total of just 148 . |
| 4 | If the interviewer was merely asking the question without thinking that should present no problem . |
| 5 | If you enjoy an occasional drink this may do no harm but by cutting out drink altogether you avoid any possible risks . |
| 6 | Some of the pottery found in the temple at Knossos says that it is ‘ royal ’ , but this may mean no more than ‘ state ’ or ‘ official ’ or even that the pottery was made by state potters ( Haskell 1983 ) . |
| 7 | Initially , this may create no problems because the accountant may have been motivated by interest and a desire to improve his own efficiency at work but problems could arise later if the accountant moves to another firm or discovers that his program is commercially viable . |
| 8 | Even if it can be established beyond all reasonable doubt that certain cultural items were indeed originally developed in one place and thence diffused to another , by whatever means ( not excluding industrial espionage ) , this may have no relevance whatsoever to their significance in the new environment . |
| 9 | It should be noted that although gas or electricity mains pass across or near the site , this may have no relevance to availability of the respective services . |
| 10 | This should make no difference with the Lapps , the Same ( pronounced Sam-ay ) as they now wish to be called , being all one race . |
| 11 | All this should require no more than gentle pressure : if the drive appears to be resisting the disc , stop . |
| 12 | Note that when a share goes ex dividend this should have no effect on the price of the index future because both S and D will fall by the same amount ( the present value of the dividend ) . |
| 13 | Now Benning wanted a thorough search and with Carter in custody this should pose no problem . |
| 14 | This should pose no problems . |
| 15 | On the other hand , it may be argued that a person who has dispossessed another should have no right to raise such issues concerning the relationship between the dispossessed and some other party having a claim over the goods , for there is a serious risk of abuse and of the interminable prolongation of actions . |
| 16 | Dr Mohammed said this might happen no more than once or twice every year depending how often people died . |
| 17 | The English could have no idea , Bryher maintained , that America had a climate that varied from that of Norway to that of a Spanish summer , that much of America was made up of monotonous stretches of unbroken country , and that there were parts where only Swedish is spoken and others where seventeenth-century English remained almost intact . |
| 18 | There was murder within marriage because a husband or a wife wanted life to be different and for one reason or another could find no other way to bring that about . |
| 19 | Outside the town the country folk spoke mainly their native Gaelic and some of the very old could speak no English . |
| 20 | This would present no great difficulty if one were dealing with a single cell but real lumber contains many thousands and it is necessary to diffuse the water from the inner cells through the walls of most of the other cells which lie between them and the outer world . |
| 21 | Even if the tests begin immediately , the earliest possible time for an abortion would be 19–20 weeks , but this would leave no time for the tests and termination to be organised , or for the parents to discuss the matter at any length . |
| 22 | Despite good cash flow , this would leave no money at all for growing the oil and gas business . |
| 23 | I explained that this would make no difference as the results would be the same , whether the past lives were real or simply figments of her imagination . |
| 24 | His idea was that this would make no difference to those who knew how they were going to vote anyway , but could sway the others ; the floating vote , I suppose . |
| 25 | This would have no impact on the fusion rate , but a tokamak can contain alpha particles more easily if they start their life travelling in the same direction as the magnetic field that contains the plasma . |
| 26 | Perhaps that was why he had embarked , without capital , on trying to put up a building , though god knows this would have no long life in Manhattan . |
| 27 | This would have no doubt involved stories of my forcing myself on him — something Sarah would have condemned . |
| 28 | This will do no good for Amsterdam 's tourist trade and London will be wetter than average for the time of year . |
| 29 | As long as house prices rise this will present no problem . |
| 30 | This will present no difficulties during your holiday . |