Example sentences of "[v-ing] that no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western trade and investment there were rapidly growing ; but the duties of western diplomats in Pekin remained essentially those of fostering these economic interests and seeing that no imperial power stole a march on its rivals in this respect . |
| 2 | Seeing that no serious injury had been done to the Chamden player , Darren settled on grabbing the referee 's notebook and booking himself . |
| 3 | In short , while accepting that no conclusive view on the effects of the separation of ownership and control is possible , it is important to enquire what contribution the law and structural reform might make to closing the disciplinary gap . |
| 4 | In August 1931 , Wigram wrote to Sir Horace Rumbold , the British Ambassador to Germany , regretting that no single Party is going to face the music of reducing wages and cutting down the dole . |
| 5 | Then ignore the puppy entirely for a few minutes , emphasizing that no further play will follow under these circumstances . |
| 6 | Moreover , section 2 of the Act of 1965 imposed a restraint on the power of the Secretary of State to release on licence a person convicted of murder , by providing that no such person should be released : |
| 7 | There is a strong case for holding that no political authority can be legitimate unless it is also a de facto authority . |
| 8 | Robertson J. decided the preliminary issue in favour of the petitioner holding that no binding compromise had been reached ; he did not therefore decide whether there had been any cancellation of compromise . |
| 9 | White House officials played down the revolutionary tenor of Reagan 's comments , saying that no new infusion of money was set aside for lasers , only that a ‘ reorganisation ’ of the new disparate research projects is underway . |
| 10 | All that Mr Clarke has confirmed is the Tory confusion over tax policy , with the new Chancellor saying that no prudent Chancellor would promise taxes would never go up , and the Prime Minister who promised tax cuts year on year . ’ |
| 11 | Rich and LuperFoy ( 1988 ) , observing that no individual theory of anaphor resolution is complete , present a blackboard-like architecture ( with a relatively simple control structure ) into which implementations of different partial theories , each normally corresponding to one knowledge source , can be plugged for the purposes of evaluation . |
| 12 | A policy which consists essentially of insisting that no major setback has been suffered , that the revolutionary movement is still going forward , that there will be new major revolutionary outbreaks in the immediate future . |
| 13 | And Newcastle 's manager rammed home the point by insisting that no British club could afford Tyneside 's new Gazza , 20-year-old midfield talent Lee Clark . |
| 14 | Assuming that no mature way can be found to speak from the workers ' culture or meaning system , as opposed to breaking it down and imposing on it other meaning systems such as that espoused by management , then passive individuals will be fostered . |
| 15 | This encourages increasing molecular motion until eventually the polymer behaves like a viscous liquid ( assuming that no thermal degradation takes place ) . |
| 16 | On the wall is the Soil Association certificate showing that no nasty pesticides have been used on the farm for two years . |
| 17 | The argument showing that no moral ideal of the good will be chosen as a principle of justice in the original position is the argument that Rawls uses for rejecting perfectionist principles : |
| 18 | But Mr O'Sullivan dismissed this theory , claiming that no other swan colonies in Donegal had suffered losses due to harsh weather . |
| 19 | The government consistently denied rumours of an early poll , claiming that no parliamentary elections would be held before the presidential contest due in April 1991 , although local elections at sub-district level were expected to go ahead in May 1990 , after the success of similar elections in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on June 25 , 1989 ( see p. 36736 ) . |
| 20 | inflation — or am I right in thinking that no sane Government would introduce such policies honestly in this country ? |
| 21 | But I 'm damned if I 'm going to fart around like a pansy floor-walker watching that no poor sod nicks the Y-fronts , even if I am dignified with the name security officer . |
| 22 | The criterion for concluding that no significant benefit or risk is retained seems in fact to be that absolutely no benefit or risk remains . |
| 23 | On privatization [ see below ] , only the ethical orientation of the programme would change , and he guaranteed the stability of economic rules , promising that no arbitrary measures would be taken . |
| 24 | The face of the elderly mandarin above the long gray wispy goatee remained dauntingly blank , and Joseph turned in desperation to the younger Annamese , realizing that no formal introduction had been made with them . |
| 25 | ‘ Meaning that no such corporation exists . ’ |
| 26 | Ianthe and John were silent , feeling that no adequate answer could be made . |
| 27 | The Department of the Environment designated the site as an Ancient Monument in 1973 thus ensuring that no further dismantling can take place . |
| 28 | LIFESPAN allows this process to begin by first ensuring that no further modifications can be entered into LIFESPAN during the assessment process . |
| 29 | But the fact is that there might be persons eager to oppose the operation of the trust , and vested interests in declaring that no legal intention could be seen in the words used by the testator . |