Example sentences of "was [adv] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timbmet 's solicitors will try to argue that because the wood was dead no harm could be caused by it 's sale . |
| 2 | A young ‘ chic ’ girl placed herself in his empty place , fixing her eye liner in the fake sun light of the train , sighed as she looked around the carriage and then smiled to herself , there was obviously no competition so she failed to add an extra layer of lip-stick . |
| 3 | We tried to point out that the ‘ no deals ’ policy was obviously no deterrent to the kidnapping of Britons , but again , nobody really took much notice . |
| 4 | With The Big Parade Vidor won new friends for American films but what had impressed MGM was that the film made money and also pointed to the way in which romance would be coupled with broader themes ; there was obviously no harm in indulging Vidor a little . |
| 5 | But there was obviously no point in wasting any more time expecting to get results the easy way . |
| 6 | It was perhaps no wonder that his ‘ quiet , nice ’ wife had hair that had gone white by the time she was thirty . |
| 7 | It was perhaps no wonder that he reacted against the spartan , puritanical environment of Potsdam . |
| 8 | And , the way things had been going for Gerhard Berger , it was perhaps no surprise that it should be his McLaren which would suffer that fate . |
| 9 | It was perhaps no coincidence that French was adopted by English departments of state during the Anglo-French rapprochement of that time . |
| 10 | Tace was married , so there was naturally no question of his marrying Helena . |
| 11 | Once the Soviet veto on change was withdrawn , there was suddenly no stopping point halfway . |
| 12 | When he moved his head I caught sight of minute areas along his hairline where there was apparently no colour at all , as though the bistre shade of his face were a mask . |
| 13 | He had devised a purely verbal test of his daughters ' love , and while a devotee of Practical Criticism could soon have told him what was wrong with Goneril and Regan from their speeches alone , there was apparently no way in which he could discriminate them from Cordelia . |
| 14 | She reckoned that at this point , quite a few of them shed tears , but contrary to expectations there was apparently no Tiller flag hoisted or hymn sung . |
| 15 | There was apparently no commission , however small , to which he refused to turn his hand . |
| 16 | There was thus no need for the statutory machinery for appeals against assessments to be used . |
| 17 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 18 | They did not — and it was admittedly no part of their business to do so — inform us for which purposes the existing social services are ‘ excessive ’ ; and it may be observed that other commentators , political and non-political , though they are frequently willing to indicate social services which in their opinion are ‘ inadequate ’ , are extremely taciturn when it comes to illustrating the more obvious half of the truism with specific examples . |
| 19 | There was just no way I could get you to talk to me . |
| 20 | There was just no way . |
| 21 | They had never been this alone and this close together , and there was just no way not to be intensely aware of him . |
| 22 | There was just no way she could let that pass unanswered . |
| 23 | There was just no winning with this man . |
| 24 | I tried , like , I did try , but it was just no good . |
| 25 | And , do you know , before the war we could turn the cows out in the lane outside the farm before breakfast on summer mornings to graze the hedgerows because there was just no traffic at that time . |
| 26 | Randolph was just no use to the reindeer team as his white nose was n't any good . |
| 27 | There was just no meeting of minds on the weapons issue . |
| 28 | There was just no point in remaining on the premises when you knew you had to go , as Muldoon had said . |
| 29 | Her family were good , but a long way away and there was just no future at all . |
| 30 | ‘ They served all their time and then there was just no future for them . |