Example sentences of "[adj] have [be] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most individuals this has been no great loss , the system usually being considered a much more complicated procedure than simply walking into a showroom and purchasing whatever took your ( and your pocket 's ) fancy . |
| 2 | This has been no small task , Mr Chairman , as a mass of conflicting evidence from a variety of sources has had to be sifted . |
| 3 | But this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3–0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 4 | A Sri Lankan total of 408 for eight , and a first-innings deficit so far of 28 , would not normally be a cause for satisfaction , but this has been no ordinary tour for England , beaten 3-0 in the Indian Test series and consistently outplayed on the pitches of the sub-continent . |
| 5 | The US ambassador , who had marvelled at the readiness of the British to hazard so much in company with France ( a nation which they were in the habit of disparaging ) , now saw that this had been no more than a passing flirtation . |