Example sentences of "think [prep] no [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She could think of no greater compliment . |
2 | But a plea for formalised plea bargaining by Bar Council chairman , was strongly repudiated by his successor , , a strong civil rights activist , who told the Criminal Law Solicitors Association conference , ‘ I can think of no greater avenue for injustice than plea bargaining ’ , which he described as mixing ‘ quantum with liability ’ . |
3 | Gaily could think of no other remark . |
4 | But he could think of no other way to tackle the problem . |
5 | It was simply that he could think of no other way of prolonging her absence from him indefinitely . |
6 | Apart from the lightning that brings Frankenstein 's monster to life , I can think of no other appearance of physics in films that incidentally have science in them . |
7 | Delaney raised a critical eyebrow : His one question went to the heart of the matter , since he could think of no other reason for the involvement of G9 . |
8 | She was not so far gone in the sinful practice of dissimulation that she felt free to claim that she meant to ask them because she knew Betty would be pleased , and she could think of no other remotely credible reason for doing so . |
9 | It was rare for a man to shop in a grocer 's but Joe could think of no other way to see Chris Murray . |
10 | Erm and I could thi think of no other er quality measures necessary to meet the er quality objectives apart from bringing your sandwiches . |
11 | I can think of no other reason . |
12 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
13 | ’ She could think of no other reason for his appearance . |
14 | I can think of no other person in the Anti-Apartheid Movement who knows more and is more up to date on the current situation in South Africa . |
15 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
16 | Probably more than design ( verb ; lowercase " d " ) in the sense that we understand at the moment ; paradoxically , not only does design become the only possible means of saving the human species ( and I mean this very seriously ; I can think of no other approach which could enable us to transcend the dichotomies — between reason and emotion , technique and meaning , power of technical systems against impotence of ethical systems , and so on — built into our dominant culture ) but it " finds itself " at just this moment ; at this point the contradictions that run through present forms of design practice , contradictions which we can now read as the " distortions " of the holistic and embracing matrix of design , cease to exist . |
17 | With the possible exception of Jeanette Winterson and Jackie Collins , I can think of no two women less likely to benefit from each other 's company than these two , and I foresee fireworks . |
18 | He could think of no harmless reason for Nails 's strange trespass . |
19 | Meinhard Miegel , once a Christian Democratic politician , who heads the Institut für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ( Institute for Economics and Society ) in Bonn , could think of no influential German think-tank — even the one run by Greens — that did not accept the basic tenets of the social market . |
20 | Julia could think of no appropriate reply . |
21 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
22 | I can think of no better manual for life in the kingdom than this ‘ Queen of the epistles ’ . |
23 | Even with the benefit of centuries of debate Hollis can think of no better way to support reason than a grand axiological claim : |
24 | Three and four decades ago , I was a star-struck cinema-goer who could think of no better way to pass a morning , afternoon or evening than by visiting the local flea-pit . |
25 | I can think of no better expression to characterise these similarities than ‘ family resemblances ’ ; for the various resemblances between members of a family … overlap and criss-cross in the same way . ’ |
26 | ‘ I can think of no better place to be married . |
27 | As he could think of no better plan , he did what she told him . |
28 | I can think of no better , happier or more beautiful place for watching his county side being defeated than the Worcestershire county cricket ground . |
29 | Whether he noticed was unclear ; probably not , since he made the eminently logical suggestion that they should drive to Randall Lodge together , and to her chagrin she could think of no good reason to refuse . |
30 | ‘ I can think of no good reason why I should shy from going openly and without having recourse to others . ’ |