Example sentences of "and [prep] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
| 2 | Much everyday reasoning about causes , however , seems to demand perfect relationships : ‘ Smoking does n't cause lung cancer ; the man next door to us got lung cancer and he had never smoked a cigarette in his life ’ , implying that the only cast-iron proof would be for all smokers to get lung cancer and for no non-smokers to get |
| 3 | Once in Montrose , Colorado , when he was on location for a small role in John Wayne 's True Grit , he was standing in a bar , scruffy and long-haired , and for no reason at all , one of the locals took a swing at him . |
| 4 | I often sleep in my coat , ’ he backed away from her , all the way towards the door ; then on the landing , and for no reason that he could give to himself , he turned and ran not towards his bedroom but across the landing , over the gallery , down the stairs , through the hall to the front door . |
| 5 | ( Rapidly ) Has it ever happened to you that all of a sudden and for no reason at all you have n't the faintest idea how to spell the word — " wife " — or " house " — because when you write it down you just ca n't remember ever having seen those letters in that order before … ? |
| 6 | I tell you , Minnie , I have fallen from favour of late and through no fault of my own , whereas my husband and son rest high in Mrs Browning 's estimation . |
| 7 | How can people be expected to submit detailed applications when , for a variety of social reasons and through no fault of their own , they do not have the wherewithal , information and literacy to express themselves ? |
| 8 | The goalkeeper swore he had read the book out of interest and through no need of practical assistance . |
| 9 | Someone rightly said that language exists to prevent us communicating , and of no country is that more true than my own . |
| 10 | Yo was left of centre but not militant ; in the dying moments of the Japanese administration he was invited to form a transitional administration and agreed to do so , on the basis of the release of political prisoners and of no interference with the organisation of workers , peasants , students and youths . |
| 11 | It is most regrettable and of no help to the industry . |
| 12 | I thought how the baby would look if it were born now , just a red dead morsel to be wrapped up quickly and thrown away , something disgusting and of no significance , not even fit to be buried as a human being . |
| 13 | Moreover , it seemed ironic that South Africa 's reimmersion in the Test arena should be marred by such a local show of disaffection , a boycott naive and myopic in concept and of no relevance to racial reform in the Republic , which may yet have repercussions in the Caribbean game as a whole . |
| 14 | Does the Minister recall the remark made by President Yeltsin the other day which so delighted the Prime Minister — that Britain 's nuclear weapons were irrelevant and of no consequence in the discussions about nuclear disarmament ? |
| 15 | This proved to be the worst part of the piece — ; dense , incomprehensible , and of no value . |
| 16 | ‘ Covenants , without the sword , are but words , and of no strength to secure a man at all . ’ |
| 17 | A lot of people are of the opinion that they are a very English band and of no interest elsewhere , but I do n't agree . |
| 18 | I stood there with the salt spray and the mist damp on my face , and the vastness of it , and the antiquity of the desolate remains behind me , made all my life to date seem insignificant and of no account . |
| 19 | The plaintiffs had sought a declaration , by writ issued on 20 July 1988 , that the notice was null and void and of no effect . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal , upholding Foster J. , declared that the notice to quit was invalid and of no effect because the landlords did not require the premises for their undertaking . |
| 21 | Mr. Page then petitioned the visitor for a declaration that his purported dismissal was ultra vires and of no effect . |
| 22 | It was further provided that if the parties had not agreed the rent six months before the review date , and the landlord had not made the application to the President , then any notice given by the landlord to trigger the review should be void and of no effect . |
| 23 | Dorothea prayed , very formally and with no hope whatsoever , for Eleanor Thorne . |
| 24 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |
| 25 | Allen , ankle-deep in water and with no hope of carrying the ball forward , chalked up his 14th of the season when he unleashed a crashing 25-yard volley which gave goalkeeper Graziani no chance . |
| 26 | Alone forever , and with no hope , no joy , no warmth … |
| 27 | Would you prefer to move to a flat — one without so much as a balcony and with no windowsills — or to concrete your garden over and spend your days watching your neighbours at work ? |
| 28 | This was achieved through a carefully planned programme of voluntary redundancies and with no manufacturing disruption or imbalance to the skill mix . |
| 29 | Imagine how they must have felt in St Peter 's Square at the start of their journey — apprehensive , isolated and with no knowledge of either Italian , French or German . |
| 30 | Old people with poor housing and with no families or supportive neighbours fill more geriatric beds . |