Example sentences of "be no [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Harvey said later that he thought the decision had been harsh and added that there had been no warning given about time-wasting before the game , although he accepted that Tyson could have mentioned it to the players during the match , a fact confirmed by the referee as he left the ground .
2 They reserve one day for women , and in 1886 there may have been no day reserved for women at all .
3 From boyhood James had wanted to become a physician , but even if he had been taken seriously there would have been no money to cater for such an extravagant ambition .
4 Indeed , there seems to have been no thought given at the design stage to the impact of the technology on people 's work experience .
5 Between her and Christopher there had been no euphoria to fade into the light of common day .
6 There had been no opportunity to get from him an on-the-spot report of what had happened .
7 No new generic names has been proposed fro " Ophiophthalmus " partly because there has been no opportunity to look at all the material but mainly because it remains to be demonstrated that it is distinct from the genus Ophiomitrella as stated before .
8 There has been no love lost between Scots and English at big sporting occasions for as long as one can remember , but it seems that England 's rugby aficionados find it hard to forgive Scotland for that Grand Slam defeat in 1990 .
9 St Ebba 's , the maternity hospital , was a good way farther down North River Street from Hilderbridge General , but there had been no room left in St Ebba 's car park and she had used the car park of the rambling , foinstone , turreted building that had once been the Three Towns workhouse .
10 That there had been no time to prepare for a gradual hand-over of power , to make plans for social , political , economic and military integration , only made things worse .
11 However since that time , there has been no recognition granted by USDAW , the main reason for which is the General Secretary , who allegedly had said that because his organization is not a profit making organization , there is no reason to have a trade union there .
12 There had been no pressure brought by the employers to adopt that method of working .
13 All looked in order , but there had been no laundry done for him lately .
14 There would have been no shame attached to either of them .
15 There 'd been no need to behave like a fool .
16 Had Robinson 's throw from mid-on hit the stumps , there would have been no need to call on third umpire Chris Balderstone and TV replays for a verdict .
17 There really had been no need to call to him .
18 There had been no need to cling to him with such ardour — no need to respond to his kiss with such wanton abandon .
19 The sentence was not wrong in principle , and there had been no failure to comply with the requirements of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 .
20 That morning there had been no reason to drive to Newbury .
21 There has been no mortality associated with percutaneous cholecystolithotomy and most of the complications occurred during development and refinement of the technique .
22 There have been no breeding reports since 1945 although there have been five summer records of single birds in 1955 , 1964,1966,1971 and 1972 .
23 There are no price limits on the contract throughout its entire duration .
24 Electronic organs can also be fine-tuned to match other instruments , and because they always remain in tune there are no tuning costs to be incurred .
25 There are no pat answers to these questions .
26 There are no MS notes in the actual text of this copy of the Dictionary .
27 Note also , that there are no carrying costs with a futures contract ; all the carrying costs are associated with the cash market transactions , but they are not incurred until the end of the period .
28 CRUSADE AGAINST THE CORONARY There are no miracle cures for heart disease — but some of the risks are avoidable
29 It calculates that drivers will be angry when they hear that the price of lead-free petrol could reduce performance — especially in West Germany where there are no speed limits on autobahns .
30 There are no screen credits at the beginnings of dreams to tell you what sort of film you are going to see , but there might as well have been in these nightmares , because the tenor , horror or guilt is excruciatingly present before the first scenes have even been played .
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