Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] no [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | You 've been ill , very feverish , so we 'll say no more about it . |
| 4 | Once I 'm out , you can disappear and we 'll say no more about it . ’ |
| 5 | Now we 'll say no more about it . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | Perhaps we shall hear no more about it . |
| 9 | We shall say no more for the moment , but the difficult topic of meaning , intention , and motive will be central to Chapter 8 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Perhaps now we will hear no more of that and the other waffle . ’ |
| 12 | So the Tories could still just about end up the biggest party , and we will hear no more about the disastrous campaign . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr Howard : We will hear no more of the matter ’ , ran the caption under his photograph . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Company partner Frederick Strittmatter reportedly told one journalist : ‘ We will have no more to do with Mr Thatcher by the end of the year . ’ |
| 16 | I say we will have no more marriage ! |
| 17 | In our forthcoming activities as private dealers we will require no more than an administrative infrastructure . |
| 18 | While both the above are certainly types of social research , we will say no more about them here , since their specialist activities are not our major concern . |
| 19 | We can expect no more than that , and we can certainly ask for no less . |
| 20 | The evolution of mammals after the Cretaceous was both extremely rapid and very complex , and we can do no more than give the roughest sketch here . |
| 21 | Its universality as far as human life is concerned depends on when it actually happened , and we can do no more than guess at the date . |
| 22 | So I think we may have to take this as part of the council meeting when we get a report back , cos obviously , there 's a degree of urgency in whatever we do about this , but I can suggest that we can do no more than report back to the next council meeting that we 've discussed this , and that it is in solicitor 's hands . |
| 23 | I mean I 've had Fife College on the phone as well saying you know why ca n't we do it and Alec we 're really now we can do no more until Napier come up if for some reason Napier fell down on the job then I think I 've got enough knowledge about what we 're doing now but I would start running it round the other colleges including Telford who are doing a distance learning course |
| 24 | Though they were much used in Baroque times for aria accompaniment , they have largely fallen out of use , and as the chaconne construction is an art and study in itself we can make no more than a passing mention here . |
| 25 | As we go to press , Cheek by Jowl 's new production has not yet started rehearsals , so we can say no more than that the company tell us it will be in the ‘ uproarious tradition ’ of their previous Shakespeare comedies , and that 's good news . |
| 26 | This is opposed to simply ‘ stifling our emotions ’ until we can stifle no more and we blow our filter out and say things for which we are sorry . |