Example sentences of "no [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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No Sentence
1 The Bill provides no support for the genuine refugee or assistance with the resettlement of refugees here .
2 that there would be no support for the Labour Party in Northern Ireland
3 Because of the stress laid upon the need for timely preparation , there was no support for the common contemporary practice of withholding from a sick person as long as possible warning of the terminal character of the illness .
4 The American law of libel , including as it does no protection for the individual politician as well as political institutions , goes further along the road of freedom of the press than the English law ; nor would I wish to extend it .
5 No money for the big-time operators .
6 But then a user will get stuck : no money for the next fix .
7 Or are we seeing yet another example of the application of double standards , with Ministers providing no money for the public sector , while sending their own children to school in the private sector ?
8 The Central Committee of the British Party showed no enthusiasm for the new policy and were reluctant to declare " all-out war " on their comrades in the unions and local Labour parties .
9 Normal bi-annual talks between Mr Hurd and his opposite number have failed to materialise and there are no plans for the regular three-monthly meetings on the handover to take place .
10 ‘ You probably do n't know , ’ he said , ‘ but the Germans have no plans for the political prisoners .
11 Defence Ministers of the Visegrad Three countries ( Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland ) met at Zruby in Slovakia on Sept. 25 , when Imrich Andrejcak of Czechoslovakia was quoted as saying that there were no plans for the three countries to sign a military pact or form a military union .
12 As Keynes wrote " 'The Treaty includes no provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe , nor does it promote in any way a compact of economic solidarity amongst the allies themselves ; no arrangement was reached at Paris to adjust the system of the Old World and the New " .
13 That " No provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe , " appeared was a profound weakness J. M. Keynes pointed out in The Economic Consequences of the Peace ( 1919 ) .
14 Surrealist theory may have set great store by sexual experience with women , but it made virtually no provision for the female experience per see , and so it was up to women artists to reinvent their own forms of femininity .
15 Basically , the taxpayers are facing possibly ‘ bad ’ law which makes no provision for the special facts of their own case — which must be repeated many times elsewhere , particulary in , say , Northern Ireland .
16 It may effect the closure and breakup of museums , if they have , according to Clause 8 ‘ no provision for the safe keeping of some of the works in their custody ’ .
17 In some ways she was happy that she had no conscious memory of the details , but unless she was able to recall them she knew that there would be no case for the young man to answer and he would go free .
18 Brentford had a player sent off but no excuse for the second goal … the fans are angry … they 've every right to be when you see a team give away goals like this …
19 Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given .
20 The computer power that even the smallest practice can now afford means that there is no excuse for the well-organised firm not to be making use of this opportunity not only for operating efficiency but also as a tool of competition .
21 John Rimington , Director General of the Health and Safety Executive , has warned operators of air conditioning plants : ‘ There is absolutely no excuse for the recent outbreaks .
22 He has been thrifty and pored over contracts , although there is no preparation for the mental upset of a group folding .
23 Crime prevention is despised work for detectives for it holds no place for the drama of the chase and no opportunity for the symbolic warfare which exists in the battles between ‘ polises ’ and ‘ prigs ’ .
24 She had no sympathy for the rich , spoiled girl who 'd walked out of her room and disappeared .
25 T. O. Lloyd points to the queue as a symbol of wartime Britain ‘ and its implicit values — fair shares , peaceful and patient waiting and no advantage for the rich — were part of what the country was fighting for ’ .
26 But there were no legal precedents for a barbarian emperor , and certainly no precedents for the imperial power being bestowed by a pope .
27 For example , congruity with the bias decreased the time to make positive judgements — that the because clause was a sensible continuation of the sentence — by over 300 ms for the simple inference materials ( 1667 versus 1998 ms ) , but had no effect for the complex inference materials ( 2117 versus 2105 ms )
28 As is common practice , Landlords kept the tenant 's deposit of £650 and told Debbie they would take their entire fee of £881 up front , so she expected no rent for the first month .
29 As he strode out into the darkness , the gloom and chill of the evening only served to sharpen his anticipation , so that he had no eyes for the RIC men on patrol , the few pedestrians hurrying along , or the horse and cart just moving off beside him on the road , the barely discernible name JAS SULLIVAN painted on the cart 's side and a burly figure with a flattened nose and scarred face hunched on the driver 's seat , desultorily twitching the reins .
30 No blessings for the meek and everybody shakes when a predator begins to hunt . ’
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