Example sentences of "no [noun sg] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it says about an achieved consensus on the slave trade , the 1814 campaign provides no support for a developing popular antislavery which incorporated emancipation . |
| 2 | Moreover , Miss Kid states that there will be a new pool built in close proximity to the William Roberts Centre , despite the fact that the council have told us the there is no money for a new pool . |
| 3 | In the wider Europe there is no enthusiasm for a political federation of EC states . |
| 4 | There is no provision for a front mounted mechanical winch on the 90/110 . |
| 5 | More important , it was necessary that somebody should he acquainted with the details of imperial finance , and the Athenian constitution , like that of Rome in the republic , had no provision for a civil service , and like the Roman Senate , the Athenians governed and legislated as amateurs . |
| 6 | As Alexander ( 1982a , p. 121 ) puts it , ‘ the committee system of decision-making which predominates in British local government makes no provision for a political executive , either individual or collective ’ . |
| 7 | There is no provision for a regional or provincial level of local government . |
| 8 | Having obtained legal powers to build itself a tramway system , Croydon Rural District Council then discovered that legislation at that time made no provision for a Rural District Council to own , operate , or perhaps more important , to raise the necessary finance to construct a tramway system . |
| 9 | As the panel notes , the statutory procedure makes no provision for a balanced argument ; only Upjohn was able to present its case and its witnesses and evidence , though the Licensing Authority provided material and the panel ‘ followed up leads from this material and from that presented by Upjohn ’ . |
| 10 | There is still no provision for a national toxic wastes dump . |
| 11 | I repeated that I saw ‘ no case for a further round of Beeching cuts ’ and that there had been no secret talks or plans . |
| 12 | We have made it clear that we see no case for a further massive increase in the structural funds . |
| 13 | Even Billy Budd , which seems on the face of it the most orthodox — that is the most like the 19th-century Grand Opera — is unusual in having no part for a female voice , and Albert herring has elements of Gilbert and Sullivan in it , not least in the cunningly-written farcical libretto . |
| 14 | There would be no excuse for a large order from Neil Kinnock : John Major took delivery of 10 boxes last December . |
| 15 | As everyone knows who has translated from a foreign language , it is no excuse for a bad translation that the meaning chosen was found in the dictionary ; for the document may be its own dictionary , showing an intention to use words in some special shade of meaning . |
| 16 | We turn up to funerals in everyday clothes , we refuse to let people send flowers so there is no opportunity for a communal expression of feeling , we are reluctant to take more than one day off work on the grounds that we 're better getting on with life as if weeping and mourning had no part in real life . |
| 17 | The age , judged Bismarck , who had no sympathy for a bourgeois society , was one of ‘ material interests ’ . |
| 18 | But there 's no hope for a fifty mile an hour limit along the whole road because some sections have already been made dual carriageway . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the century , it was generally held that , in the absence of any contractual or fiduciary relationship , there was no liability for a negligent misrepresentation made by one person to another who had incurred loss by acting on it . |
| 20 | The British government says that it finances nine projects , including a recently opened satellite station in Nepal , and that it sees no necessity for a separate fund . |
| 21 | You 'll be getting no champagne for a long , long time . |
| 22 | Perhaps , then , the right hemisphere undertakes phonological analysis only when a search through the lexicon , reveals no entry for a particular letter string and a phonological " check " is made . |
| 23 | Given the constraints on space and the existence of two universities within the city , the University operates an informal zoning agreement with Oxford Brookes University , so that , for example , the University made no bid for a major site which was recognised as being crucial for the development of Oxford Brookes University . |
| 24 | There 'd been no shooting for a long while . |
| 25 | There probably is no future for a united Yugoslavia , and Marshal Tito 's ability to hold that federation together was a marvellous testimony to his abilities . |
| 26 | ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line , ’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder-line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price . |
| 27 | While the student is encouraged to keep a record of the activities undertaken and the progress achieved in the investigation , there is no requirement for a written report as a means of communicating the results . |
| 28 | It is of limited or no benefit for a current mood swing . |
| 29 | Moss Evans , the new Transport Workers ' Union leader , made no effort to rein in his members ' demands , while the Ford company itself , worried by loss of profits , was in no mood for a prolonged fight . |
| 30 | Even at its fastest speed , the serial port is no match for a parallel port , especially if you selected the ‘ Fast printing to printer port ’ option in Control Panel Printers . |