Example sentences of "no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Success is by no means guaranteed at auction , ’ says Graham Harrison . |
| 32 | Although it is by no means the universal view , some City analysts believe the increase in rates makes a short-lived recession inevitable next year . |
| 33 | In other words , the habit is by no means incurable . |
| 34 | Those bold enough to put their heads above the parapet — still by no means the majority — feel that to make demands even for basic freedoms is radical , in the present climate . |
| 35 | Provocative dress and casual promiscuity ( which are by no means the same thing ) may be abhorrent to juries in the southern states of America or to judges in this country . |
| 36 | Dignified , modest , though not unaware of his charisma and influence , Eric was a serious man , yet with a twinkle in the eye and by no means narrow in his thinking . |
| 37 | The avalanche of red tape surrounding events such as this ( the entire population of New Delhi appears to be employed handing out forms to fill in ) has to be seen to be believed , and it is by no means certain that , come 1 November , there will be any paper left to provide the winners with their cheque . |
| 38 | Stalin was by no means alone . |
| 39 | It was by no means clear how the figure arose in the first place . |
| 40 | The times and places of striking advance in productivity have by no means generally been times and places of educational advance ; nor , where they have been , is it clear whether this is cause and effect or , if so , which is cause and which effect . |
| 41 | It is by no means unheard of for a band to be offered a deal on nothing more than a ‘ concept ’ . |
| 42 | by no means the perfect pub , but as good a place as any to spend an evening in a town which I always thought would make an ideal site for a nuclear test . |
| 43 | But this was by no means a neurotic homosexuality : For them it was a means to a livelihood , as pimping is for others ’ ( p. 180 ) . |
| 44 | On 8 September , Churchill , hitherto a free trader , spoke in the Commons , expressing doubts about the wisdom of joining the National Government , and urging an early election fought on tariffs ; ‘ An audacious rollicking speech , ’ commented Amery , ‘ by no means pleasing to the Front Bench . ' |
| 45 | Keynes 's was by no means a lone voice criticizing the extent of government commitments overseas , The ( unpublished ) Economic Survey for 1946 , the Balance of payments Working party , and the Bank of England all expressed grave doubts on this score . |
| 46 | The problem of succession had by no means been solved , and certainly not in a way that could be used as a precedent for the future . |
| 47 | Such a management style was by no means typical of Nigeria alone . |
| 48 | Such activities were by no means limited to the slave trade . |
| 49 | The example I have given is by no means the only one that exists . |
| 50 | Today , the image of the angel is still alive , and still in contention ; it has by no means been merely consigned to the museum . |
| 51 | The Tehuana dress is by no means the most decorative variant or the closest to pre-Hispanic forms of clothing . |
| 52 | But although the sensationally styled Calibra sets the trend , it is by no means the only exponent of the field . |
| 53 | It was n't exactly a copybook launch , though by no means was everything within Ford 's control . |
| 54 | This allowed the company to crow about the new models that cost no more than the old — a favourite Ford device but by no means exclusive to the blue oval badge . |
| 55 | Driving it again , alongside the rest of the range , this is immediately , but somewhat intangibly , the nicest Escort to drive , with by no means all the attraction being to do with the convertible top , itself an extremely effective design . |
| 56 | by no means all of the old sport s were abandoned , but they were more or less confined either to the margins of community life or to the remoter parts of the nation . |
| 57 | From personal experience , he knew that Lewis could be a generous , though by no means an uncritical , reader of contemporary poetry . |
| 58 | Fond as she is of children , however , they are by no means her only interest . |
| 59 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 60 | There was something sad about the exchange — and a finality that he , by no means , approved of or desired . |