Example sentences of "it [vb past] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it had the most money of its own to spend on the election campaign , though unlike many of the other parties it got no western aid . |
| 2 | It disclosed no reasonable cause of action and was frivolous and vexatious . |
| 3 | By summons , issued on 15 March 1991 , the third , fourth and fifth defendants asked , first , for an order that the action be struck out against them on the ground that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action or , alternatively , that paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer be struck out . |
| 4 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 5 | This was thought to be due to the fact that the smaller wheels were leading , but the Metropolitan Electric tramways which had some similar cars on almost identical bogies , turned the bogies round on one of their cars ( No. 25 ) and it made no appreciable difference . |
| 6 | It did not seem to be of any consequence , for it made no immediate difference . |
| 7 | Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation . |
| 8 | obviously it was no good he , you could smoke like a chimney it made no damn difference the state his insides were |
| 9 | However , in the study , it made no significant difference whether a male or female teacher directed class activities . |
| 10 | It made no fucking sense at all , but Plummer had his reasons for believing the information . |
| 11 | However , it made no public statement concerning its decision that factual information and suspicions could be mixed in one computer . |
| 12 | It made no express reference to proceedings between a named representative of a class and a member of that class who might well have sharply different interests , as betweeen themselves , as to the substance of the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 13 | The September speech was said to have disappointed many in the Würzburg area because it provided no comforting words about the situation on the eastern Front . |
| 14 | Whilst it amounted to an important general statement on the limits of state action in a democratic society , it provided no clear basis for specific government economic action . |
| 15 | Henry remained a doctrinal conservative until his death , and as a consequence , although the legislation enacted by the Reformation Parliament brought about a jurisdictional revolution , it created no new theology for the English church . |
| 16 | It created no new right of property or chose in action : it merely enabled a pre-existing right to be enforced . |
| 17 | It found no increased prevalence in the Forth Valley , nor any association to link the cases there . |
| 18 | Neither side has disclosed how much Gibson paid , but United confirms that it invited no other bids . |
| 19 | But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . |
| 20 | The pain , which was due to the pressure of the cancer on a nerve , was entirely relieved by the shrinking of the growth , to the extent at which it caused no further suffering . |
| 21 | In 1976 the general tenor of the Report had gained a general welcome even if it secured no specific action to strengthen local independence . |
| 22 | As a result , one of the DCs was submitted for assessment to this person ; the other DC was agreed immediately since it affected no other package . |
| 23 | That 's why it seemed no bad idea for somebody to know where I was yesterday afternoon . ’ |
| 24 | It showed no appreciable difference between young and old women but it declined with age in men . |
| 25 | The study of bacteria was to provide biology with an enormously useful approach to the nature of life , but at this period it raised no theoretical questions which the most conventional scientist would not immediately recognise . |
| 26 | Fortunately , they were professional enough to do the gig , but it served no useful purpose . |
| 27 | Years before , a wooden handrail , polished by generations of hands , had lined the high pavement , but the town council had decided that it served no useful purpose and detracted from the charm of the stone-walled cottages perched high on the bank above , and when the handrail had become shaky with age it had been dismantled , much to the annoyance of the Thrush Green residents . |
| 28 | Held crooked , a little behind him , it served no useful purpose . |
| 29 | It needed no especial acuteness of perception in Hilary Frome to discover that Penny Warlock was the axle around which the sexual activity of the Staff Common Room revolved . |
| 30 | It needed no great powers of prophecy to realize that Nigel and I were on a collision course . |