Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were swift and dramatic changes of scenery , from towering mountains to beautiful , peaceful valleys , wooded and secret , places that looked as if no man had ever discovered them . |
| 2 | The noteworthy thing , considering this half.century of official recognition , is the regularity with which the multi.media library concept was hailed as a new idea and canvassed with a sense of surprised discovery , as if no library or librarian had ever considered it before . |
| 3 | The legislation embodies numerous illogicalities and anomalies , including the double capital tax charge on gifts made within seven years before death , the taxation of some settlements as if no interest in possession exist when , in fact , they do , and the effect of the ‘ pooling ’ rules for shares etc , which can result in a chargeable gain which greatly exceeds the actual gain on a disposal of a recently acquired holding , eg on a rights issue . |
| 4 | They have been accused of sledging in the World Cup — as if no team had been guilty of that before . |
| 5 | It says much for the sang-froid of the practised musician that , despite the intrusion of a bomb hoax , both Dame Joan and the orchestra resumed the published programme as if no interruption had occurred . |
| 6 | He somehow felt safe , locked into his seat , as if no harm would come to him if he stayed like that . |
| 7 | Rokeya 's flat was so precisely as Lee remembered it that she felt as if no time had passed between the last time she had been inside it and the present day . |
| 8 | A sudden emergency may make a situation far more complicated to deal with if no plan of action has been previously thought over . |