Example sentences of "no [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , out of sorts with himself in the wet and windy conditions which he hated , he smashed his racquet on the ground on no less than eight occasions . |
| 2 | The ultimate achievement , notwithstanding the numerous new stations opened in the area during the last five years , was the reopening to passenger traffic of the Cynon Valley line to Aberdare ( closed in March 1964 ) with no less than eight new stations . |
| 3 | This happened with no less than eight . |
| 4 | Mayo ( Newport ) led from the start with rounds of 70-71-77-67 to finish no less than eight shots ahead of Stuart Little ( Minchinhampton ) . |
| 5 | A rare moment of genuine excitement surrounded an untitled painting by Mimmo Paladino ( lot 349 , est. £18,000–24,000 ) which engaged the attention of no less than eight bidders before it was sold for £47,000 . |
| 6 | The fact that the pilot had clearly demonstrated his incompetence at instrument flying by failing to pass the instrument rating test no less than eight times before finally obtaining a pass must have meant that he was incapable of meeting the required standard on a regular basis and in the circumstances ought not to have been licensed to fly a public transport aircraft . |
| 7 | For your £6 subscription per annum , you get a free bus timetable giving you the times of at least three buses that visit no less than eight M/SV clubs . |
| 8 | What appears to be one village ( and is marked as such on modern maps and on the road signs ) can in fact be seen to consist of no less than eight separate hamlets — Elston ( largely deserted , with a former chapel ) , Shrewton ( from which the village has taken its name ) , Maddington , Netton , Rollestone ( largely deserted with a redundant church ) , Homanton ( deserted ) , Addestone ( deserted ) and Bourton ( deserted ) . |
| 9 | As for the musical — well , it was Nunn who directed the original London and Broadway productions of ‘ Cats ’ , ‘ Chess ’ , and ‘ Starlight Express ’ , and , among others , ‘ Porgy and Bess ’ at Glyndebourne , and ‘ Les Miserables ’ for the RSC — now the most performed musical in the world , and winner of no less than eight Tony awards on Broadway ! |
| 10 | Graphics are especially well handled ; there 's support for no less than 27 formats , including all the widely used ones such as PCX , TIFF , PIC and GIF . |
| 11 | no more than 28 inches in circumference and no less than 27 inches ; |
| 12 | Introduced by Terry 's stand-in Selina Scott , Simon presented a selection of models , each of them wearing one of his incredible Monofibre hair extension creations , to no less than 8 million viewers ! |
| 13 | By 1970 the official limit , not for the first time , was set at no less than 12,000 kilograms , a fair bit up on the I935 maximum of 7,500 kilograms , while the average yield topped I3,800 kilograms per hectare and , after setting the official limit at I3,000 kilograms in 1973 , a law was passed the following year placing an absolute ceiling of 13,000 kilograms per hectare on all AOC Champagne vineyards , beyond which the so-called maximum could not be stretched . |
| 14 | By way of background , it is worth noting that the Church of England owns 16,700 churches , of which no less than 8,500 are pre-Reformation , and 12,000 are statutorily listed ( 2,675 in the highest grade ) . |
| 15 | The ‘ pannage season ’ was fixed by medieval custom , but since the New Forest Act of 1964 the Forestry Commissioners , after consultation with the verderers , may fix any suitable term of no less than sixty days . |
| 16 | Of Leicestershire 's 370 medieval settlements no less than sixty have been deserted and many others are now much smaller than they were in their heyday during the thirteenth and early-fourteenth century . |
| 17 | The charges for prescriptions have seen the sharpest rise — an increase of no less than 1,425 per cent between 1979 and 1990 . |
| 18 | Lewin and Minton ( 1986 ) in their comprehensive survey of the literature find no less than thirteen orientations to management from the year 1911 onwards , each with its own typical effectiveness attributes . |
| 19 | It then transpired that Arkle , under no pressure , had beaten the course record for the distance by no less than eleven seconds . |
| 20 | If you happen to do a tour of the caddies ' pubs in Southport , Lancashire you are likely to stand shoulder-to-shoulder at the bar with four men who have carried the bags in no less than eleven British Open Championship victories . |
| 21 | From the north-east side of the island Captain Ferzenaar also reported that he could see no less than eleven other minor centres of activity , which were either emitting small columns of steam , or occasionally ejecting dust in small explosive bursts . |
| 22 | During the close season I will be contributing no less than 119 per cent of my energy to the club . |
| 23 | There were to be no less than 2,000 uniformed Blackshirts , marching and parading as the advance guard of revolution . |
| 24 | On a clear day you can see no less than 7 lakes . |
| 25 | A one megabyte card is an improvement and can display no less than 32,000 colours at 640 by 480 resolution . |
| 26 | There were no less than 26 three-member constituencies in Ireland out of a total of 42 when Fianna Fail 's PS exceeded its PV by 6.0 percentage points in 1969 and 6.2 in 1977 . |
| 27 | but spending has risen by no less than 26 per cent . |
| 28 | The Environmental Protection Agency has been experiencing a mini-Watergate scandal for the past year , with no less than six Congressional committees investigating very serious charges against the top officers involving misuse of public funds and conflict of interest . |
| 29 | For racegoers there are no less than six racecourses within easy reach . |
| 30 | We believe you will find it quite difficult not to find a large number of meals which appeal to you , because no less than six cookery experts have combined their various tastes and talents to provide this selection of low-calorie , high-fibre meals . |