Example sentences of "[conj] no [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly where no such trust has been brought about : if , say , a child 's family disintegrates it may well be but the beginning of a whole sequence of misfortunes and unsatisfactory care arrangements in institutions and foster homes . |
| 2 | Where no such group existed , it implied that some addition to the organisation was needed ; in other cases , the new requirements indicated a change in the responsibilities of existing functional groups . |
| 3 | It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue . |
| 4 | They had no agents , no TV advertising or over-the-top reporting and yet they went out and paraded their skills to an appreciative audience , receiving no more , or no less reward than any of their team-mates . |
| 5 | Jake smiled as he said it , knowing perfectly well that no such thought had ever entered her head . |
| 6 | Military officials in the occupied territories at first appeared to contradict Eliezer 's statement when they announced that no such freeze had yet been ordered by the military authorities . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , on Venus it remains possible that no such surface repositories exist and that the correspondence of pressures is coincidental . |
| 8 | I was also fairly sure that no such variety existed . |
| 9 | In the Offer for Sale document published at the time of the Company 's flotation in 1986 , it was stated that in due course consideration would be given to the introduction of a Share Option Scheme for Executive Directors and senior management but that no such scheme would be operated without the prior approval of shareholders and in any event not before 1988 at the earliest . |
| 10 | If that is the position , it would follow that no such award can be made . |
| 11 | These principles would accept both the formal approach of letters rogatory and the informal approach of direct ( and usually postal ) service , but would also note that no such service would be sufficient of itself to extend the jurisdiction of the state of origin . |
| 12 | As to my hon. Friend 's comment that the security forces should be allowed to operate without constraint from political considerations , I can give a categorical assurance that no such restraint for political reasons will be imposed . |
| 13 | Damascus urged the Lebanese to allow the PLO to continue operations from southern Lebanon while ordering the Syrian security services to ensure that no such activity could be undertaken by Palestinians from Syrian territory . |
| 14 | When the barrister made his remark he was not aware that no such document existed , although he believed that it did because of what his client had said in evidence . |
| 15 | Moreover , section 2 of the Act of 1965 imposed a restraint on the power of the Secretary of State to release on licence a person convicted of murder , by providing that no such person should be released : |
| 16 | The purchaser will be concerned to ensure that the vendor has given full and accurate details of all independent contractors used by the business and to warrant that no such person is an employee . |
| 17 | It is to be regretted that no such flexibility was exhibited on the current occasion . |
| 18 | I 'm sure your enlightened civilizing mission which is bringing modern communications and industry so unselfishly to the Annamese people will make sure that no such conflict will ever be necessary here . |
| 19 | When phoned , the office told us that no such girl worked there . |
| 20 | The lawyer acting on behalf of the dealer argued that Sotheby 's should have stated explicitly that no such certificate accompanied the work . |
| 21 | But a moment 's reflection is sufficient to show that no such reduction is possible . |
| 22 | The House of Lords in two subsequent cases has retreated from the position it adopted in the original litigation , by making plain that the Government must prove some damage to the national interest and that no such damage can be established where the information has already been placed in the public domain by being published abroad . |
| 23 | By paragraph 33 of the order it was provided that no such disclosure should be used as evidence in the prosecution of an offence alleged to have been committed by Mr. and Mrs. Tully . |
| 24 | It is sufficient to say that we are satisfied that no such relationship can be established . |
| 25 | She recorded the cranial measurements of 35 male anatomists attending the Anatomical Society meeting in Dublin in 1898 , 30 female students of Bedford College and 25 male staff of University College , and found that no such relationship existed . |
| 26 | Well let's for a moment assume that he has no such intention , that no such idea has ever crossed his mind . |
| 27 | ‘ Natural selection ’ holds that no such change can take place without the influence of altered external circumstances . |
| 28 | They made it clear also , as they had to do because of the rules by which we work , that no such change could be put into effect without formal consultation and the consent of both Houses . |
| 29 | Wrexham Maelor Council conceded that no such order had been made against pensioner Iorwerth Jones . |
| 30 | The promise is one which , by law , must be in writing ; and the fourth plea shows that no consideration or request , dehors the letter , existed , and , therefore , that no such consideration , or request , can be alluded to by the letter . |