Example sentences of "no [adj] [noun sg] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regards the next phase of his career with Knowsley Contract Services as a crucial test of his whole management philosophy , since he admits he is operating in an area where he has no technical expertise or background . |
| 2 | The Northern Ireland Office pushed the line that the strike was an attempted coup by Paisley and most of the media accepted it uncritically despite the fact that the Democratic Unionist Party , of which he was leader , was only one of three political parties in the UUAC and that the Ulster Workers ' Council , which carried most of the industrial muscle , was beholden to no political party or personality . |
| 3 | If we accept the mundane world view — that disease has no inherent meaning or significance , that it is ‘ caused ’ by infections , viruses , heredity , biochemistry and the like , and can be ‘ cured ’ by suppressing the symptoms with drugs or removing the offending part — then we are throwing away a priceless gift , covering our ears as our Higher Self tries to speak to us . |
| 4 | No fifteenth-century peasant or artisan expected to be buried in a coffin ; by contrast no noble would have been subjected to shroud burial in the churchyard . |
| 5 | But that 's been the pattern of our lives , we often get offered the same part and I can honestly say there 's been no professional jealousy or rivalry at all . |
| 6 | I realized that a haircut like that was no Saturday-morning trim and blow-dry . |
| 7 | Our imagination knows , for instance , that there is no definite outline or edge to the enlarged colour photographs of different types of water that lie flat on the floor framed by redundant handrails in elaborately worked metal . |
| 8 | This is reflective speech ; the character seems rootless and so there is no definite accent or background indicated . |
| 9 | The conclusion that must be drawn from reviewing such work is that there is no definite micro- or macro-explanation of the growth path for public expenditure . |
| 10 | More likely he is using it in the more everyday usage of ‘ not sent or guided in any special direction ; having no definite aim or purpose ’ ( OED ) , which suggests that any such view of history must have no end , and therefore no teleology . |
| 11 | Since the quantity is unchanged , there is no distortionary triangle or deadweight burden . |
| 12 | It won ‘ t show up as a registration , so no phonecalls out and no calling reception or room service , either . |
| 13 | There is absolutely no coherent plot or narrative . |
| 14 | Kneeling , Ybreska carefully rubbed the $oil at either end of the grave , making sure there was no buried stone or marker which would identify it . |
| 15 | No interesting touch or invention of form escaped his eye . |
| 16 | It follows from his identification of body and extension that there can be no empty space or vacuum , no Epicurean ‘ void ’ in which the atoms move . |
| 17 | He pointed out that community ethics must take the side of the poor , who have no public voice nor space in society . |
| 18 | There is no public record or listing , by name , of a Latvian prison . |
| 19 | His flashes of brilliance make one want to leap up and cheer : ‘ No English man or woman could play Antony and Cleopatra : passion and love are quite beyond them , they could never discard their suburban subservience . |
| 20 | Where there are no constructs , no adequate perception or understanding can be achieved . |
| 21 | There is no superfluous gadgetry or foldaway , stowaway gimmickry . |
| 22 | She has no proper brassière or girdle . ’ |
| 23 | In their ‘ kitchen ’ ( a sink , a hot plate and a kettle , with no proper cooking or storage facilities ) , they point proudly to some Tory Party mugs they had biked over from Smith Square after the election . |
| 24 | The Health and Safety Commission also called for help from business , particularly small firms , ‘ for whom Government regulation — if there is no proper advice and assistance — can sometimes seem to be a particularly heavy burden ’ , said its chairman , . |
| 25 | That makes nonsense of the planning procedure and adds to the difficulties of the local objectors , which already include the 9 kg of paper produced by the roads directorate in Scotland , so that no proper analysis or preparation of arguments can be done in advance . |
| 26 | Certain simplifications are made ; an instantaneous mixing of the SO 2 emissions into the model grid boxes is assumed , subgrid processes such as plume chemistry are neglected and no heterogeneous chemistry or aerosol radiative heating is included . |
| 27 | If you have no social life or circle of friends when you start your single lifestyle then it requires more effort on your part . |
| 28 | In addition , there are numerous foreign graduates from the Continent and elsewhere with considerable linguistic skills selling hamburgers or working as waiters with poor pay and no social recognition or status . |
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