Example sentences of "was certainly no " in BNC.

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1 There was certainly no complacency among Labour 's national leaders , quite the contrary .
2 The Rowley Mile was certainly no place for a scantily-clad 56-year-old , but needless to say in Piggott 's extraordinary case it made not the slightest difference .
3 There was certainly no question of any spying here .
4 What form other help took will never be known but there was certainly no need for two-way radios or car jacks .
5 There was certainly no question ( Ludens was glad to hear ) of moving back to Fontellen .
6 For a brother and sister act , there was certainly no love lost between them .
7 There was certainly no reason why cancer should ever return , and the dreaded secondary was forever expelled once one had started the prescribed path .
8 It was certainly no thrupenny bit nor even a half a crown .
9 But Cahn 's team was certainly no joke and usually gave the visiting tourists a worthwhile and high-scoring game on the pleasant Loughborough Road ground in West Bridgford .
10 Obviously Tony was under the impression that what he said was true , for there was certainly no malice intended in what he said .
11 Mario was vastly experienced , he was certainly no coward , but he was also , in his later days , a very ‘ correct ’ driver and a very prudent one .
12 There was certainly no implication in classical criminology , as there was to be in positivist , that we can ignore the content and operation of legal rules in addressing ourselves to the question of the causes and treatment of crime .
13 If that were indeed the case their Englishness was certainly no impediment to involvement in a cosmopolitan , international world in which French speech and culture was dominant .
14 If Charles 's first memories of Diana on that fateful weekend are of ‘ a very jolly and amusing and attractive 16-year-old — full of fun ’ , then it was certainly no thanks to her elder sister .
15 This driver is clearly central to the performance of the 103/2 , handling as it does the bulk of the frequency range , though there was certainly no gamble involved in its incorporation into the Reference range since KEF had already utilised another version of it with notable success in the baby model , the 101/2 .
16 There was certainly no guarantee that the British Consulate there would be able to offer help .
17 It was certainly no part of the intentions of the founders of Protestantism to encourage discontent or disobedience .
18 This is revealing in its way , for Burke was certainly no democrat .
19 He was certainly no coward , but he was likely to remain steady only as long as he could see his way clear and be sure of what to do .
20 It was certainly no more important to me and I could quite happily go for weeks without any .
21 The demonstrations that followed Kolbin 's appointment may have been covertly encouraged by Kunaev 's clients ; there was certainly no doubt that , as Literaturnaya gazeta reported in early 1987 , the news provoked ‘ inexperienced and politically illiterate youths ’ to take to the streets , later to be joined by ‘ hooligans , drunks and other anti-social types ’ .
22 I can not remember the name of the bank but it was the easiest way I have ever obtained currency abroad and was certainly no expensive .
23 Not Tristan though , who might like to flirt a little and might not run too fast should he be himself pursued but who was certainly no beast of prey .
24 But there was certainly no overt luxury .
25 Her sister was headstrong and volatile , sometimes thoughtless of the feelings of those who cared for her , but she could also be charming and generous , compassionate and very lovable , and she was certainly no femme fatale , to lead a man to his doom against his will .
26 There was certainly no dust .
27 There was certainly no shortage of vehicles available .
28 I can not understand why we were issued with a single piece of plastic in the first place , unless it was to save you money , since there was certainly no reduction for us .
29 There was certainly no biting .
30 He was certainly no taller than me and he stood in an instinctive boxer 's crouch .
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