Example sentences of "[is] virtually no [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Dr Cunningham told the press conference : ‘ There is virtually no protection for water consumers in these proposals at all . ’
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 A birdie is rare indeed at Aldeburgh where there is virtually no margin for error , especially if the wind blows .
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