Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [prep] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In use , VR1 will be adjusted so that with no music playing , the l.e.d. glows with about half its normal brightness . |
| 2 | Pace the unjustified slur , naming 10 famous Belgians is easy , even if the Singing Nun , the Mannekin Pis and Hercule Poirot are declared ineligible ( and Jacques Brel counts five of most other countries ' famous people in our book ) — and there could just be another one soon , in the person of Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt , who could become the father of a whole new economics after his proposal that Belgium levy a robot tax on factory machines to get humans back to work : it 's a great idea , and why not take it further and ban construction machinery from the roads to get the shovels back into navvies ' hands — and no doubt computers can be included under the tax , so that in no time , in a dramatic return to Victorian values , while the Belgian economy may not actually start booming , the country will have the world 's biggest quill pen industry . |
| 3 | Lori 's suite was several floors above , but the express lift whisked her upwards , so that in no time at all she was knocking on the door . |
| 4 | The first loop , or sideways circle will be erratic and recovery somewhat haphazard : but just as with riding a bicycle , all the reactions begin to come naturally and in no time at all , even as early as the third flight , you will be diving and climbing at will . |
| 5 | I say alongside because in no sense does the private world consist of a common culture and identity . |
| 6 | The man smiled slowly and in no hurry at all replied softly , ‘ The very same . ’ |
| 7 | Dorothea prayed , very formally and with no hope whatsoever , for Eleanor Thorne . |
| 8 | The large catch was that it had to be done quickly and with no capital expenditure on new equipment . |
| 9 | Helped by Tempy and Gertie , neither of whom had experienced a birth before , Tamar had been delivered of a boy , quickly and with no trouble . |
| 10 | He had tried to sleep when he got home but to no avail . |
| 11 | As we see from the passage I just quoted from Barthes , the work or labour that the writer puts into composing his text is brushed aside as of no importance . |
| 12 | In the second instance , some posts may be advertised repeatedly but to no avail . |
| 13 | In my opinion Anna acted more childishly but through no fault of her own . |
| 14 | Individually now and in no order , depending on how swiftly crews could reload , prime and fire , the Scots gunners worked their pieces , aiming lower , those two leading vessels taking terrible punishment . |
| 15 | When individuals communicate mixed messages , they usually do it spontaneously and with no sign that the message is mixed . |
| 16 | But he emphasizes very strongly that in no way does this mean that there is no longer scope for their further development , or that their return to profitability is a flash in the pan , to be reversed whenever the next downturn comes . |
| 17 | His interest in the precedents is exhausted , for this purpose at least , once he is satisfied that according to his conception of law they establish only that mothers at the scene have a right to recover , and this is clear immediately and with no reflection about larger underlying principles whose nature is a matter of dispute . |
| 18 | ‘ It is Ianthe Broome ? ’ he asked tentatively and with no trace of foreign accent . |
| 19 | They need flat water to perform well and on no account should they be taken into waves , since , not only are they difficult to manoeuvre well , but they are also liable to snap because of their length . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's been a wonderful family atmosphere here and in no way would it be harmed by people having a bet . ’ |
| 21 | Ma'am , I have been reading my Bible and am left in no doubt that I have sinned and am paying the just penalty for sin and I repent strongly but to no avail as yet . |
| 22 | I include it here because at no point was it ever put to me in such bald and comprehensible terms . |
| 23 | What is so disheartening about what has been discovered in the Stasi files , however , is that people informed even when under no pressure to do so . |
| 24 | Leaders of the COS argued that many charities were encouraging the ‘ demoralization ’ of the poor by handing out benefits in cash and kind too readily and with no attempt to ensure long-term improvement in the client 's condition . |
| 25 | Firstly , imagine that the UK is a closed economy , with no foreign trade , with no capital flows of money to or from abroad and with no government sector . |
| 26 | In fact , they were so well drilled that when I went to C Division — Essex Street — you 'd wait on the corner of a back street and there 'd be a crowd of fellers there and within no time , before you could get near them , they 'd all have disappeared . |
| 27 | What follows , therefore , is an outline which is very general indeed and in no way a blueprint to be slavishly followed in every instance . |
| 28 | I tell you , Minnie , I have fallen from favour of late and through no fault of my own , whereas my husband and son rest high in Mrs Browning 's estimation . |
| 29 | The desert was cut in all directions by sandy scars , and there were tyre-tracks everywhere but with no hint of general direction . |
| 30 | He spoke casually and with no sense of irony . |