Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] none [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aswan has none of the melancholy transience of most end-of the-line towns . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that Dement performed experiments after this one in which his subjects showed none of the psychiatric symptoms with REM sleep deprivation , and that he himself made clear how his early observations were probably misleading about the effects of REM sleep deprivation , the idea that dreaming preserved sanity had been strongly reinforced . |
| 3 | This force possessed none of the gentle , coaxing qualities associated with telepathic races . |
| 4 | As a subject people regarded as inferior to Japanese , Koreans possessed none of the democratic rights enjoyed by Japanese . |
| 5 | And , although the meeting of their lips had none of the searching hunger that they had shared before , there was something in the touch that reassured her . |
| 6 | Similarly , andesite flows show none of the obvious surface features of ‘ liquid ’ lavas : pahoehoe flows never occur and all andesite flows have a rough bouldery surface . |
| 7 | But Braque 's work contains none of the expressionistic violence of Picasso 's . |
| 8 | The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time round . |
| 9 | Bought clothing in the south had none of the hard-wearing qualities of northern home-spun . |
| 10 | That night , as she waited for the band to strike up her opening music , Rory felt none of the usual tingle of anticipation which made the whole business of singing so pleasurable . |
| 11 | His heroes had none of the traditional grandeur appropriate to demigods and he reduced the customary high language of the genre accordingly . |
| 12 | On the west side , Ingleborough is a shadowy giant revealing none of the many wonders that attract its legions of pilgrims ; and to the east , green slopes rise with little incident to dark moors forming a distant skyline . |
| 13 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel , in balancing the stipulation of the above-stated section of the Act against your parental preferences felt unable to uphold your appeal . |
| 14 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel felt unable to override the stipulation of the Act . |
| 15 | For instance , in the South-East region ( as defined in the relevant edition of the Times Guide to the House of Commons ) the Liberals won none of the 40 seats , Labour took only three , whilst the Conservatives — for less than half the total constituency votes — bagged all the rest . |
| 16 | As yet , though , the best measurements of the microwave background show none of the tell-tale marks that such flaws would leave . |
| 17 | In summary , the questions in studies of more and less have revolved around three issues : ( a ) whether children have full or only partial lexical knowledge about the pertinent word meanings ; ( b ) the extent to which children rely on non-linguistic strategies in the absence of lexical information ( clearly children know none of the pertinent meanings at first for a domain , and several studies have documented the kinds of non-linguistic strategies they then rely on in responding to instructions — see Clark , 1973b , 1979,1980 ; Donaldson and McGarrigle , 1974 ) ; and ( c ) whether children observe the principle of Contrast . |
| 18 | Analysis of the anterior wall biopsy specimens showed none of the characteristic histopathological features of mucosal prolapse . |
| 19 | If laboratory tests for HIV were not performed or gave indeterminate results , any of the conditions in the list below would indicate AIDS if it was diagnosed by a definitive method and the patient had none of the other causes of immunodeficiency listed below that could explain the occurrence of the indicator disease : |
| 20 | The use of qualifying standards meant the women had none of the awkward choices which confronted the men , also enabling them to bring in experienced campaigners like Christina Cahill ( 1,500 metres ) and Wendy Sly ( 3,000m ) , despite both runners having had restricted summer seasons . |
| 21 | Pearl uses none of the electronic or ‘ sound enhancing ’ techniques currently fashionable , and aims to concentrate on extracting from the original grooves the essence of music . |