Example sentences of "is virtually no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’ |
| 2 | The shares are selling on a 25 per cent discount to assets and ‘ there is virtually no downside risk but at least 25 per cent upside potential ’ . |
| 3 | LIBERALISATION has been one of the key concepts of eighties ' economics , a word which has acquired such power in Anglo-Saxon officialdom that there is virtually no argument about its virtues . |
| 4 | We have to face the fact that there is virtually no money which has a 100 per cent pure source . ’ |
| 5 | For executives there is virtually no limit . ’ |
| 6 | For example , we can prevent factories that are obviously discharging their waste into rivers , from doing so ; and there is virtually no kind of effluent nowadays that can not be safely treated and disposed of , if we are prepared to spend the money . |
| 7 | Violence , materialism , and the self-centred pursuit of success at any cost are often the hallmarks of the car-dominated society , as classically exemplified by the United States , in much of which country there is virtually no public transport and the car reigns supreme , consuming lives and environment with equal ruthlessness . |
| 8 | The late latent stage of syphilis , like the early latent stage , is an asymptomatic period when there is virtually no chance of the infection being passed on . |
| 9 | There is virtually no difference between action and control samples in Ipswich in organic brain syndrome and possession of behavioural problems ; control sample clients appear older in Newham and more problematic in terms of informal care and in possession of behavioural problems , and in Ipswich in terms of indoor mobility ; only in Newham on OBS score and indoor mobility can action sample clients be seen as more problematic than the control samples . |
| 10 | There is virtually no evidence to associate UFOs ( whatever they are ) with leys , though there is now a basis of evidence to suggest that stone circles at least , may be associated with geological locations that have a high incidence of geophysically-produced luminous atmospheric phenomena . |
| 11 | Also in most cases there is virtually no evidence for these lines as leys of any description , let alone as important ones . |
| 12 | A birdie is rare indeed at Aldeburgh where there is virtually no margin for error , especially if the wind blows . |
| 13 | There is virtually no one in the Government who disagrees . |
| 14 | Jeremy Healy 's music was loud and passionate , and designer/stylist Judy Blame agreed that it was the only decent stuff he 'd heard all week , adding that French Djs are the worst on the planet and that there is virtually no point in clubbing in Paris until the situation is remedied . |
| 15 | The Ministry of Agriculture has now concluded that there is virtually no problem from salmonella in eggs ; and what problem there is will not be eased by going around the country slaughtering flocks of hens . |
| 16 | Using the linked list method , the amount of memory used is much more acceptable , and there is virtually no change in speed for either tree structure . |
| 17 | There is virtually no secondary market . |
| 18 | It was his intention to people it with English colonists , but it is difficult to say how far he succeeded , since there is virtually no information about the civilian population of Calais . |
| 19 | Remember that , in the poorest neighbourhoods of New York , private medical practice barely functions , so there is virtually no first contact care unless the public system provides it . |
| 20 | In order to supply a local market you must have a regular demand for large orders otherwise distribution costs push the margins down so low , there is virtually no profit . |
| 21 | It is true that there is virtually no restriction upon the bringing of actions : for instance , I can at this moment sue the Prime Minister for assault — though I shall fail in the action . |
| 22 | w if it 's on weekends , there is virtually no contribution towards the overheads at all |
| 23 | Thus , though there is a slow progressive build.up in the upper levels of the intertidal zone , largely aided by human interference , in the lower levels there is virtually no overall accretion . |
| 24 | Beyond the timber , brick and stone structures themselves and their tiled or slated roofs , there is virtually no direct evidence to confirm the presence of carpenters , masons , bricklayers , slaters , tilers and thatchers , and it is difficult to guess to what degree the local construction industry was a specialist concern . |
| 25 | It has been condemned from all sides ; there is virtually no advocate for it outside Government and there are precious few inside . |
| 26 | Elsewhere , in Aquitaine , the hoards show a very low level of mixing of coins from various mints , suggesting only local circulation around a single centre , and there is virtually no sign of coins entering the region from the north or north-east . |
| 27 | A foreign language , in contrast , carries the problem that there is virtually no evidence of capacity at the primary level — and a judgement or prediction based on an analogy with a proved capacity in a native language is open to doubt . |
| 28 | In view of the fact that there is virtually no resistance to gastrooesophageal reflux in patients with Barrett 's oesophagus , this increased duodenogastric reflux is likely to result in significant exposure of the oesophageal mucosa to duodenal juices . |
| 29 | At present , there is virtually no regulation of these practices nor any monitoring of their effect on marine life . |