Example sentences of "[be] no [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've lost your ships , you 've lost your friends in Ireland , you 've lost the Lady Emma and the active support of the Pope , but you 're still strong enough to stop Harald of Norway from using you as a base , and you 're no threat to Wessex so long as you get rid of those Normans . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're no stranger to conspiracy , that 's for certain . |
| 3 | ‘ Judging by your ‘ incredible performance ’ of earlier this evening , you 're no stranger to men 's kisses . ’ |
| 4 | You 're no good to man or beast . |
| 5 | ‘ And there has been no approach to Wigan over Lucas — yet ! ’ |
| 6 | An NRA spokesman said the spillage had been traced back to the Lartington Treatment Works , where there had been no threat to drinking water . |
| 7 | Some of the farms put under restrictions yesterday have already supplied milk for public consumption , but officials were confident there had been no threat to health . |
| 8 | The climb had been no trouble to Harry , bred as he had been among the crags of Snowdon . |
| 9 | There has been no injury to bowel in the 113 patients in whom the procedure was attempted , although others have reported this complication . |
| 10 | The strapping Kiwi international centre — 6ft 3in and 16 stone — has been no stranger to Aussie disciplinary chiefs while playing with his Sydney club Canterbury-Bankstown . |
| 11 | As part of their case , the Church made much of the fact that there had been no objection to demolition from within the village . |
| 12 | Similarly , it assumes a perfect capital market in which there are no barriers to entry or exit , free information available to all investors , an absence of both transactions costs and taxes , and homogeneous expectations on the part of investors . |
| 13 | There are no boundaries to Dalglish 's spending power . |
| 14 | Currently , there are no powers to sentence young people under 15 to custody except in the most serious cases . |
| 15 | Subsequent treaty commitments are no defence to non-performance of the obligations of an earlier treaty ; States are expected to ensure that they do not enter into conflicting treaty arrangements . |
| 16 | There are no restrictions to capital movements between the two countries while there exists a high degree of integration of the real sectors of their economies . |
| 17 | ‘ There are no guarantees to happiness , Virgie , darling ! |
| 18 | Although the spill is the largest single oil accident in the Gulf , the waters are no strangers to pollution . |
| 19 | ACT include two players in their squad who are no strangers to Scotland — centre Jim Swan who has returned after playing in the junior teams at Gala , and flanker Mark McInnes , who toured with the Wallabies to Canada and France in 1989 and spent some time with Peebles . |
| 20 | His security police are no strangers to intimidation when it comes to striking fear into Ciskei 's 850,000 poverty-stricken people . |
| 21 | They are no strangers to Edinburgh and there was a good audience on Friday evening at Greyfriars Kirk to support their concert in aid of St Columba 's Hospice . |
| 22 | In the field of special educational needs , perhaps more than in any other area of education , there is a skilled and committed body of practitioners who are no strangers to innovation . |
| 23 | They are no strangers to controversy . |
| 24 | ( a ) Consumer Credit Act terminology The CCA 1974 contains new functional terminology so that , as such , there are no references to hire purchase or conditional sales . |
| 25 | Could I just follow on what Mr was saying earlier when he introduced the he he referred to that er are no references to incinerators in the structural plan . |
| 26 | As an employer , I find that paper qualifications are no guide to ability . |
| 27 | There are no concessions to sentimentality either in the 1966 performance of Franck 's D minor Symphony which is coupled with Schumann 's Piano Concerto featuring Annie Fischer as soloist ( ) . |
| 28 | He had been added to confirm his father 's hold on power : if the Congress would passively accept such a nomination then there could be no threat to Nicolae Ceauşescu 's authority from within , or so it must have seemed . |
| 29 | ‘ The Government should be under no illusion about our preparedness to see this dispute through , ’ he said , adding there would be no threat to emergency services . |
| 30 | There would be no resort to devaluation . |