Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem is that we may have no clear criterion for dividing up the workforce into classes and strata . |
| 2 | On this view , we can only realistically expect positivist criminology to produce ‘ probabilistic ’ theories — associating variability of cause with variability of outcome ; we should expect no more than loose associations between specified causal variables and criminal behaviour . |
| 3 | ‘ Let the men of this country take home , each one , his wife and his babes , and we should hear no more of shortage of work and lowering of wages . ’ |
| 4 | This strategy implies that we should have no preconceived ideas about the research we should support and that we should concentrate on deriving the criteria against which we should assess proposals which , on the balance of probabilities might stand the best chance of success . |
| 5 | To act ethically , firstly , we must respect the wishes of the dead and dying ; secondly , we must cause no unnecessary distress to relatives ; and lastly , we must cause no emotional crisis for the staff of intensive care units . |
| 6 | To act ethically , firstly , we must respect the wishes of the dead and dying ; secondly , we must cause no unnecessary distress to relatives ; and lastly , we must cause no emotional crisis for the staff of intensive care units . |
| 7 | ‘ We must take no outside help . |
| 8 | We 'll go no fucking way |
| 9 | You 've been ill , very feverish , so we 'll say no more about it . |
| 10 | Once I 'm out , you can disappear and we 'll say no more about it . ’ |
| 11 | Now we 'll say no more about it . |
| 12 | And we 'll take no seneschal or steward , either . |
| 13 | Although we could make no definite plans for this year , we all agreed that the meetings marked a step forward in getting to know each other in a Christian Spirit . |
| 14 | The river turned through a wide bend and we could see no other habitation either upstream or down . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | we 'd have no nuclear weapons and |
| 17 | There was a second ground of appeal concerned with a point of mixed law and fact but this was abandoned by counsel and we need say no more about it . |
| 18 | We shall make no corresponding deductions from income support , housing benefit or poll tax benefit , which means that the poorest pensioners will gain the full £5 and £8 a week . |
| 19 | ‘ We hereby solemnly declare that we shall use no forcible means to apprehend , confine , or imprison any person assistant whatever who has appeared at Castle Menzies or elsewhere , or in any part of Perth on prior days . |
| 20 | Unless this percentage can be dramatically improved , we shall receive no financial help from the Sports Council in future towards our administration and training of new teachers . |
| 21 | Perhaps we shall hear no more about it . |
| 22 | We shall say no more for the moment , but the difficult topic of meaning , intention , and motive will be central to Chapter 8 . |
| 23 | Hence , to give warning , we shall find no easy way to combine a natural science approach with an interpretative one . |
| 24 | If we had no rights of participation in the subsequent investigation , we would have no reliable means of obtaining the information . |
| 25 | Er , the honourable gentleman wondered whether we would ever have a truncated view again , certainly not under the ninety three legislation because that was a once off as a careful reading of the act will show , er but er we will erm and his honourable friend , the member for Perry Barns hoped er that er we would have no more reviews of European boundaries , I know because he was talking at P R but we will certainly have one new review of er er Euro constituency boundaries because as soon as the parliamentary boundaries are completed er we will have to go into a new review on that basis of all the European seats and of course the full enquiries will be held in the normal way for them . |
| 26 | We will give no further grant . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps now we will hear no more of that and the other waffle . ’ |
| 28 | So the Tories could still just about end up the biggest party , and we will hear no more about the disastrous campaign . |
| 29 | ‘ Mr Howard : We will hear no more of the matter ’ , ran the caption under his photograph . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm very confident that when the Commission learns at first hand that it is not technically possible , they will see the overwhelming good sense of the British government and we will hear no more of the matter , ’ declared Mr Howard . |