Example sentences of "no [noun] [adj] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women mourn the loss of a breast — ‘ which at 50 has no function other than a psychological one ’ — unlike almost any other part of their body which might have to be removed for health reasons . |
| 2 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 3 | At least in the first stage of transition , there is no alternative other than a combination of the market and state regulation . |
| 4 | Fergus awoke suddenly ; arms waving about , eyes wild and bright , making no sound other than a faint gurgling noise . |
| 5 | They were received by the group of villagers they joined with no comment other than a whispered bonsoir . |
| 6 | To travel for miles along a country lane seeing no traffic other than a solitary tractor is rare in England generally but usual in this vicinity . |
| 7 | The cell had no features other than a low shelf bearing a thin vinyl mattress . |
| 8 | Growth and other manoeuvrings motivated by no logic other than a defensive one are economically damaging by-products of an active market for control , causing a ‘ huge diversion of managerial effort into devising ways to reduce a vulnerability that did not grow out of managerial inefficiency ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I say you have no reason other than a dislike of Connon , Mr Fernie . |
| 10 | His features showed no expression other than a mild amusement that only served to infuriate her all the more . |
| 11 | There were plenty of gates and there were numerous ways out of the square , and the park itself was barely a couple of hundred yards across ; just another backstreet pigeon trap with no feature other than a strange half-timbered lodge near its centre to make it unique , but still she hesitated to enter . |
| 12 | There was no distraction other than a poignant roll of rags in which a baglady scuffled , and snow fell so that one could almost smell the cold . |
| 13 | Formulary procedure had known no judgment other than a money judgment , but the extraordinary procedure was free from this traditional restraint , for it was based on quite different principles . |