Example sentences of "[noun pl] make no [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As we shall see in subsequent chapters , a wide range of managerial decision making was subject to ministerial intervention , while over substantial areas of ‘ general ’ policy ministerial views made no significant impact .
2 Country Code Guard against all risk of fire Fasten all gates Keep dogs under close control Keep to public paths across farmland Use gates and styles to cross fences , hedges and walls Leave livestock , crops and machinery alone Take your litter home Help to keep all water clean Protect wildlife , plants and trees Take special care on country roads Make no unnecessary noise Enjoy the countryside and respect its life and work
3 The words make no classical sense , but they distil the essence of Justinian 's reforms , and they are the most fitting introduction to his books on legacies and trusts .
4 The picture of him as a gorilla was necessary on the leaflet because the words make no overt mention of his race .
5 Elisabeth approached the longhouse along a grassy footpath , her feet making no discernible sound .
6 The Comintern 's aim was to convert a nationalist struggle into a broader social struggle ( in accordance with part of its remit ) , but Comintern officials made no serious attempt to fulfil the second part of the resolutions adopted at the Sixth Congress by setting up a Communist party in Nicaragua , which could have given the Sandinista movement an organisational base and therefore the possibility of continuity ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , pp. 363–97 ) .
7 ‘ To argue that workers displaced by machines should necessarily be able to find work building those machines makes no more sense than to expect the horses displaced by mechanical vehicles to have been employed , directly or indirectly , in various branches of the expanding automotive industry , ’ says Leontief ( 1978 ) .
8 Such was his influence and so intense Massine 's study and application of the knowledge gained that other versions of Spanish dance by native choreographers made no such impact .
9 My denials made no more headway than
10 Yet the Bolsheviks made no political capital out of the recent past .
11 All in all the Tudor monarchs made no permanent addition to the financial resources of the Crown .
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