Example sentences of "no [adj] [conj] [det] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no later than half an hour ago contacted my office and there has been no official communication re any decision being made on the royal dockyard and the capacity none whatsoever . |
| 2 | It was no more and no less than such a creature deserved . |
| 3 | Qualifications for the per cent club , which was launched by the Prince of Wales in nineteen eighty six , is the contribution of no less than half a per cent of pre-tax , U K profits , or one per cent of dividends to the community . |
| 4 | That sign must also be no more than half a square metre in area and all signs should be removed within two weeks of a sale being completed . |
| 5 | Cambridge put up a tremendous fight and there was no more than half a length between the crews for 14 minutes . |
| 6 | Mounds of dirt , rock and sand — little hills engulfed by dunes — blocked our view so that we could see no more than half a mile in any direction . |
| 7 | The tunnels were gloomier , the only illumination coming from occasional bf tubes suspended awkwardly from holes hacked at random in the roof , no more than half a metre above their heads . |
| 8 | The two narrows are narrow indeed — the first no more than half a mile wide and , before the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 , crowded with a mass of shipping . |
| 9 | The first English gold coin was struck only in 1255 and it was not until 1344 that the country was able to begin to sustain what proved to be no more than half a millennium of minting a gold denomination in its regular coinage . |
| 10 | Only half of the counter had opened up at this early hour and there were no more than half a dozen people in the place , most of them in uniform . |
| 11 | He had made no more than half a dozen strides towards the heart of the encampment when Owen called him back suddenly , in a sharp , changed voice ; and when he looked back in surprise : |
| 12 | He saw , as though some wall painting had come to life before his eyes , the glitter of steel and the minute clusters of rainbow colours just moving over the crest of one rise , to descend into the next bowl ; and riding towards them , negligently like men out hawking , he saw a smaller group , no more than half a dozen mounted men , who had been until this moment hidden from them by the lie of the land . |
| 13 | In Elizabethan Willingham the typical holding was no more than half a yardland , a size which in practice varied from 14 to over 20 acres . |
| 14 | The council said the courses would be no more than half a full GCSE course , allowing pupils to concentrate on other subjects they choose . |
| 15 | 1 No more than half an hour before serving , halve , stone and peel the avocados . |
| 16 | Denholm was surrounded by an almost palpable aura of aristocratic exhaustion that had disturbed and irritated Talbot in the early stage of their acquaintanceship , a feeling that had lasted for no more than half an hour . |
| 17 | From there , the crossing and the distance he had covered on that path , to the place where he was found , would take him no more than half an hour — less , if he was a brisk walker , and it was raining , he 'd be no longer than he need out in it . |
| 18 | She allowed herself to read for no more than half an hour a day . |
| 19 | According to Swayne , it is the creature 's habit to be out for no more than half an hour at night . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No more than half an hour . |
| 21 | No more than half an hour . ’ |
| 22 | Here 's three on 's are sophisticated ; thou art the thing itself ; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor , bare , forked animal as thou art . ’ |