Example sentences of "no [indef pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one considering the outcome could continue under the illusion that the co-operative form of organisation , as it is recognised in the west , can exist in any country the political constitution of which is modelled on the Soviet Russian derivative from Marxism . |
| 2 | But there was no one except the boy — and him . |
| 3 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 4 | In the army no one above the rank of colonel would compromise himself : hence the conspirators ‘ made ’ their own general out of Colonel Quiroga , later to be eclipsed by Major Riego . |
| 5 | However , no one over the age of 66 who has not already claimed mobility allowance can now do so , even if they were unable to walk well before 65 and there is good cause for making a late claim . |
| 6 | It was far too early for the immaculate and highly paid receptionist to be in ; in fact , no one below the level of partner was present . |
| 7 | There was no one below the tree . |
| 8 | This would not be possible in a U-form because middle management has only functional responsibility : no one below the CEO has responsibility for overall operating performance in a given market . |
| 9 | He was certain that Tamar had told no one about the attack on her , apart from him and Elizabeth , so could not broach the subject in front of either his father or Stephen . |
| 10 | He had promised Comfort that he would tell no one about the woman who had spat at her and called her filthy names . |
| 11 | Not one of us begins life feeling angry or frustrated , no one as an infant is dissatisfied or lacks feelings of self worth . |
| 12 | No one under the age of 41 has any experience of voting in elections . |
| 13 | His comments reflect the uncertainity of an experiment where no one under the age of 42 has voted before . |
| 14 | Barely more than half an hour before , he 'd driven into the village on an errand for the Venetz sisters and although he saw almost no one along the way , he 'd been able to sense a tension in the air ; it was a faint background buzz like that of power lines in the rain . |
| 15 | After the inquest into the death of his four-year-old son , Conor , the Rock star , Eric Clapton said he blamed no one for the boy 's death . |
| 16 | After the inquest into the death of his four-year-old son , Conor , the Rock star , Eric Clapton said he blamed no one for the boy 's death . |
| 17 | It does not immediately cure all known cancers — something that no one with a modicum of medical knowledge would have expected in the first place given the different causes and the versatility of cancer — nor is it without undesirable side effects . |
| 18 | But at the time he had no one with the expertise to guide him , and was very easily influenced by the persuasive arguments of the last person he spoke to on any given subject . |
| 19 | Now , West Ham have no one with the wit to surmount such obstacles . |
| 20 | There was no one with the motor sledges ; they were broken . |
| 21 | ‘ There is no one with the power to gainsay him . ’ |
| 22 | There was no one on the platform , or no one in front of the doors of this car . |
| 23 | Hoving 's wide-eyed devotion to Ted Rousseau , the curator of European paintings whose playboy antics and debonair charm masked his mediocre acquisition record , contrasts with his dismissive and sour remarks concerning his successor as director , Philippe de Montebello ( ‘ No one on the museum was more self-assured ’ , notes Hoving , ‘ But Ted Rousseau was convinced he had no eye ’ ) . |
| 24 | They met no one on the way to the door ; the servants were discreetly elsewhere . |
| 25 | If no one on the floor wishes to take the other side of the trade then he can deal with his own customer . |
| 26 | But there were no other boats and no one on the towpath above them to hear his ambiguous remark . |
| 27 | Although some Treasury ministers have hinted that economic recovery is in sight , no one on the Government benches has dared predict when unemployment will cease its remorseless rise . |
| 28 | One of the Land Rovers was pierced by a single bullet and a mortar fragment but no one on the patrol was injured , despite the fact their attackers had loosed off 200-300 rounds at them . |
| 29 | ‘ And you met no one on the walk back ? ’ |
| 30 | But however heated the protagonists may become about whether proto-oncogene activation entails qualitative or quantitative changes , no one on the outside will be very surprised if it turns out both are right . |