Example sentences of "not a single " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 39 British players started the week this year , and not a single one got past the 3rd round . |
| 2 | Probably the most outstanding demonstration of their strength was in the 100mph Colwich collision in 1986 when despite coaches — some of them Mark 2s but largely Mark 3s — being piled on top of each other , or spreadeagled across the track , not a single passenger was killed . |
| 3 | ‘ She looked at her step-mother but uttered not a single word ; she simply picked up our big drap-de-dames green shawl ( it 's a shawl we all use , a drap-de-dames one ) , and covered her head and face entirely with it ad lay down on the bed with her face to the wall , ad her little shoulders and her whole body were trembling . ' |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Hirsch responded that ( apart from a phrase which I have elided ) , ‘ There is not a single one of these platitudes that I do n't subscribe to wholeheartedly … ‘ . |
| 5 | Yet so firmly established is the image of Hardy as a rustic provincial that Virgil rates not a single entry in the index to J.O . |
| 6 | As not a single local party had discussed either of these issues , not a single delegate took umbrage and Mr Kinnock received a Tory-style standing ovation . |
| 7 | As not a single local party had discussed either of these issues , not a single delegate took umbrage and Mr Kinnock received a Tory-style standing ovation . |
| 8 | He saw many seagulls but not a single bluebird , and could not be persuaded to approach the edge to have his picture taken . |
| 9 | No wonder , then , that Fussell can find not a single redeeming feature of the war . |
| 10 | As a result , in the first free elections in the spring of 1917 to the zemstvo and municipal Belorussian governments , not a single nationalist representative won any popular support . |
| 11 | Not a single articulate foreigner penetrated the Smolensk or Kursk gubernii to leave a record behind . |
| 12 | Indeed , the reference to ‘ the social changes of the last fifteen years ’ makes it an understatement : for there is not a single social service today which was not framed more than fifteen years ago . |
| 13 | It would not be a source of comfort to the hardpressed British public if they were to become aware that ( reckoning our overseas statistics globally not a single bean of substance for themselves or of capital equipment for British manufacturers is likely to be left over from the American credit ; and that we shall require , on balance , the whole of it , and , unless we change our ways , much more to feed and sustain Allies , liberated territories and ex-enemies , to maintain our military prestige overseas , and , generally speaking to cut a dash in the world considerably above our means . |
| 14 | If you take the largest ten banks in the world , there 's not a single British bank among them . |
| 15 | Sleep is not a single process , as we know from our own experiences . |
| 16 | Production had sunk so low that in November , Black November , not a single film went into production in any of the country 's studios . |
| 17 | Lord Tyrrell , the former diplomat , who became BBFC President in 1935 , notoriously declared that ‘ we may take pride in observing that there is not a single film showing in London today which deals with any of the burning questions of the day . ’ |
| 18 | The round still proves the soundest of methods : even given limited rehearsal time , there was much security in the warm-up sequence , a point surprisingly made with This Little Babe from Britten 's A Ceremony Of Carols , and by the time we reached Runswick 's final party ensemble not a single face on stage I could see registered anything less than complete involvement . |
| 19 | Not a single one ? |
| 20 | Not a single other EC government had yesterday come out in support of the American President 's decision . |
| 21 | Let's hope there is not a single dropout to preserve the quarter odds a place , one , two , three and four . |
| 22 | Not a single borough in the capital was having difficulty finding enough flats and houses . |
| 23 | Taking a gamble , the British Greens contested all 78 mainland seats and took nearly 15 per cent of the vote ( but no seats because of the first-past-the-post rule of British elections ; i.e. there was not a single constituency in which the Greens had a majority ) . |
| 24 | In the past five years that has happened in fewer than 15% of the cases ; not a single officer has been found criminally liable . |
| 25 | With not a single touch |
| 26 | Like a cruel joke , someone had tidily piled the crushed and empty drink cans in one comer : not a single full one remained . |
| 27 | So many questions and , as yet , not a single answer . |
| 28 | Not a single raised forefinger ; not a flicker of a catalogue ; not even a blink . |
| 29 | A wilderness which gradually widened until not a single shrub of hope was left . |
| 30 | Despite her love of the Commonwealth , and Prince Charles ' concern for the inner cities , there is not a single black or Asian face to be seen in the inner circle , and scarcely any white ones drawn from outside a very small pool . |