Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] no [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with this kind of evidence , even with that kind of evidence , almost uniquely good evidence in my experience , the Council leadership , which is in , has been in possession of it for the best part of a month has made no move to suspend any Chief Officer on charges of gross misconduct , which of course if it had been any of our members accused of something like that , they 'd have been down the road instantly , nor has it reinstated any worker wrongly sacked . |
| 2 | The Chancellor abolished tax relief on ( new ) Life Assurance Policies in the 1984 budget , but has made no move to abolish , or phase-out MITR — indeed speculation in some parts of the Conservative party before the 1987 Election centred not on whether there would be a reduction , but whether there would be an increase in the maximum level of relief permitted ( the previous increase was in 1983 , also a general election year ) . |
| 3 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 4 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 5 | While the state has made no attempt to erode traditional ideas about women 's role in society through the schools , many teachers are aware of the problem : |
| 6 | The pub has made no attempt to keep up with the times … no karaoke here … just conversation . |
| 7 | From a longer-term perspective , it can be said that the number of transactions per day has shown no tendency to increase since the mid-1970s ; there was a surge in total number of transactions during 1987 and 1988 due to a large number of deals between the newly established market makers but both transactions on behalf of customers and intra-market business has fallen back since then . |
| 8 | ‘ We are interested but that 's as far as it has gone because Alex Ferguson has shown no desire to let him go , and that 's despite the fact that Neil has not been in his first team . |
| 9 | But a more comprehensive study by doctors from Oxford has produced no evidence to support this . |
| 10 | One such occasion will be when the adult is brought to hospital unconscious after an accident , and has had no opportunity to signify whether she consents to treatment or not . |
| 11 | Never having been taught otherwise by his spiritual mentors , many a devout believer has had no need to question the problems posed by such a context . |
| 12 | But this country , in its short and violent history , has had no time to develop a taste for such decadent indulgences . |
| 13 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 14 | Men , men , mentioned here by our friend , that Leicestershire has got no business to discuss about fox hunting , we are not elusive , there are other county councils who have banned fox hunting on their land , so do not make this as a sacrosanct and or something that Leicestershire are doing , they are not doing first , there are so many other county councils in this country and for your information , I was listening to radio four few days ago , even in Pakistan , a third world country , is banning hunting in their country , we should be ashamed of ourselves here to discuss , I agree with Councillor when the discussion start and he said move for the ward , because the logical thing was to move for the wards rather than discuss , if we all believe that this is horrible , acrimonious and abhorrent in today 's day and age , as the slavery was abhorred two hundred years ago . |
| 15 | OVER the past few weeks Spain 's government has spared no effort to defend the peseta within Europe 's battered exchange-rate mechanism . |
| 16 | An importer or wholesaler will not be able to rely on this defence if he has taken no steps to require his supplier to supply goods which correspond with the relevant legal requirements . |
| 17 | The Black Dog are at the forefront of a pack which often seems to have no desire to come out of the woodwork . |
| 18 | Cælum is one of those constellations which seems to have no claim to separate identity . |
| 19 | The landlord is abroad and the caretaker seems to have no power to maintain these dilapidated premises . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe , but as I mentioned he seems to attach no importance to risk , besides which he apparently enjoys killing . |
| 21 | What is clear is that a business can not claim that its terms were accepted by a trading partner if they were accepted by an employee whom it knows has no authority to accept them . |
| 22 | ‘ As far as we could find out , he 's got no plans to expand in that area , Ray , ’ Hitch said , sipping his drink . |
| 23 | He 's got no money to spend , and when he turned a losing team around in 1983 he had four or five exceptional and emerging players in his squad . |
| 24 | Nigel says if he can get the right package and continue to develop the team then he 's happy to sign for another two or three years … if he does n't get the deal he wants then he 's got no reason to carry on … |
| 25 | And I said yeah but then she 's got no house to lead to a |
| 26 | She 's got no need to talk about other people . |
| 27 | ‘ She 's a decent woman who 's had no chance to better herself , ’ he had said , on the day he invited Sarah to witness the simple ceremony before a registrar of marriages . |