Example sentences of "as a free " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Let Us Compare Mytholoqies marks the awakening of his poetic consciousness when the city of Montreal ( and all that was in it , not excluding its female charms ) ‘ began to jump at me , ’ The Spice-Box Of Earth marks the heightening of his Jewish consciousness which he encountered in young adulthood , as a free agent abroad in the world , having to establish his own identity at a time when his own Tradition , and his position in it , began likewise to jump at him . |
| 2 | He is widely credited with coining the phrase ‘ There ai n't no such thing as a free lunch ’ in his novel ‘ The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ’ , about a revolution which replaces a command economy with a market economy . |
| 3 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 4 | There 's no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 5 | There 's no such thing as a free lunch . ’ |
| 6 | But there is notoriously no such thing as a free meal . |
| 7 | That may be a ‘ price worth paying ’ to relieve recession , but if economics tells us anything it is that there is no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 8 | There was , in the end , no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 9 | As QC George Carman said towards the end of the Mona Bauwens court case earlier this week : ‘ There 's no such thing as a free lunch . ’ |
| 10 | There is no such thing as a free meal . |
| 11 | Plato said , inter alia , ‘ There is no such thing as a free lunch ’ . |
| 12 | But never believe anyone who says there is not such thing as a free lunch . |
| 13 | However Commoner ( 1972 ) also stated three other laws of ecology ; everything must go somewhere ; nature knows best ; and there 's no such thing as a free lunch because somebody somewhere must foot the bill . |
| 14 | As Guth has remarked , " It is said that there 's no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 15 | Perhaps it is the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) , who is willing to continue to enunciate the principle that there is no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 16 | There 's an old saying that there 's not such thing as a free lunch , but this is about as close as you can get . |
| 17 | Mary Helen Washington 's book is a formidable and elegant work of scholarship , a reference work to dip into time and time again , and a reminder that there is no such thing as a free or an easy book . |
| 18 | And so it is my conclusion that you are at present a man without funds , clearly ignorant of the axiom that ‘ there is no such thing as a free lunch ’ . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Have n't you heard there 's no such thing as a free lunch ? ’ |
| 20 | Raymond runs the exclusive Manoir aux Quat Saisons in Wheatley , where there 's no such thing as a free lunch . |
| 21 | A BT spokesman said : ‘ People will soon realise that there is no such thing as a free anything in the world , least of all telephone calls . ’ |