Example sentences of "[be] virtually no [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While international contracting on large development projects in the lesser developed countries is well established , there has been virtually no trading of construction services within Europe . |
| 2 | When Paul Devereux took over The Ley Hunter in 1976 , it was widely assumed that some form of energy existed at ancient sites , but there had been virtually no research to back these ideas up . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A birdie is rare indeed at Aldeburgh where there is virtually no margin for error , especially if the wind blows . |
| 10 | In fact , during the first half of the 1980s , there was virtually no distinction in growth rates between Inner and Outer London Boroughs ( Champion and Congdon , 1988b ) . |