Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if that hysteria does no more than feed the seemingly insatiable appetite for publications on microcomputers then it will have been a waste to have trundled the IT bandwagon around Britain . |
| 2 | It has even been held that presence remains no more than evidence of encouragement even when it is accompanied by a secret intention to help if necessary one of the participants in an affray . |
| 3 | From this disparity in rates , Professor Norman Newell deduced that these Cretaceous and Tertiary limestones represent no more than a tenth of Cretaceous and Caenozoic times . |
| 4 | The Carboniferous mineralisation shows no such relationship . |
| 5 | The position on partial demolition , however , remained uncertain after the House of Lords case , and by degrees various church bodies began to put forward proposals for partial demolition , in some cases leaving no more than a facade or church hall , arguing that , as part of the site was to remain in ecclesiastical use , no permission to demolish was required . |
| 6 | But the lanky striker got no such protection from his own manager following the 24th-minute incident as Reid blasted : ‘ We all know the rules and there is no excuse for that . |
| 7 | British usage dissolves the distinction between constitutional law and other laws because British courts recognise no such distinction . |
| 8 | Some broken bones have no more than a hairline crack in them , but this is enough to cause your withdrawal from competition , regardless of the stage you are at . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend said no such thing , as the right hon. Gentleman knows . |
| 10 | My right hon. Friend has no such plans . |
| 11 | The long gestation comes from the fact that , although mechanical and chemical engineering hold few surprises — if the design looks all right the thing will probably work — electronic engineering carries no such assurances . |
| 12 | This warranty does no more ( really ) than repeat the statutory duty which a company already has to keep it books and records in good order . |
| 13 | The limitation imposed on would-be rapists does no more than establish equal chances to pursue one 's conception of the good . |
| 14 | For example , in 1980 the British government consulted no fewer than 500 groups in drafting its legislation based upon the Finniston Report on Engineering , even though many of these groups had a negligible impact upon the government , sixteen of them are regarded by Richardson and Jordan as key' groups . |
| 15 | The women who face this repression have no such support . |
| 16 | Many companies unable to make it in tougher foreign markets had no such problems in the forgiving local market . |
| 17 | A National Film Studio , combining the small companies into one strong conglomerate , had been proposed , but this idea made no more headway than a proposal to negotiate a reciprocity deal with the Americans , whereby they would take a certain number of British films into national distribution in return for free access to British screens . |
| 18 | The likely result is that this wording does no more than track the law as laid down in Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [ 1991 ] NPC 60 : see 13.6 . |
| 19 | Many an interesting find requires no more than a wet hand and a sharp pair of eyes . |
| 20 | But a native-speaker of English teaching EFL in this country has no such position . |
| 21 | If this booklet does no more than whet your appetite , the bibliography will take you further . |
| 22 | While Nissan uses an American flag at Smyrna to underline its Americanness , the British plant has no such patriotic symbol but few Japanese decorations either . |
| 23 | The second school of thought contends that the word in this context means no more than to take possession of an article and that there is no requirement that the taking or appropriation should be in any way antagonistic to the rights of the owner . |
| 24 | This section does no more than restate the common law position and could be considered superfluous . |
| 25 | That reference does no more than show that the essential element of dishonesty does not exist if the defendant when he appropriates the property believes that the owner would consent if he knew the circumstances . |
| 26 | On the one hand , such proposals seem no more than simple common sense : why should courts decide disputes without being aware of the wider ramifications of what they are deciding . |
| 27 | The impact of tourism stops pretty soon outside the medieval walls of the town , and the dwellings are like those of any impoverished fishing village in Cornwall , Sicily or Provence : low , simple buildings containing no more than the most primitive necessities , but opening on to the turquoise bay , with the Venetian walls on the western side and red cliffs to the east . |
| 28 | On average we consume about 12g a day ; ordinary individuals need no more than 3–5g . |
| 29 | If we are going to use standard units then we need to structure the demand situation in such a way that the required output needs no more than the standard units . |
| 30 | Male prostitutes have no such richness of terminology associated with them , nor is that terminology extended to men in general . |