Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [prep] [be] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 2 | There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly . |
| 3 | Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology . |
| 4 | There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 6 | For Walt Disney 's child-star Bobby Driscoll from Song of the South , there was to be no long-term future . |
| 7 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 8 | There was to be no all-powerful central state apparatus , and political leaders were to be given no blank cheques ; on the contrary , they were to be hedged in by a complex , decentralized and fragmented system designed to prevent any one leader or group of leaders from becoming excessively powerful . |
| 9 | There was to be no heroic , story-book recovery . |
| 10 | There was to be no real rapport — with Peter Cook allegedly burning the first Oz in a Soho pub — until the Oz trial five years later . |
| 11 | There was to be no stunned silence , no aghast staring and , it seemed , no dramatic response from Greg . |
| 12 | As in other Western European countries north of Italy , there was to be no pre-emptive national closure policy . |
| 13 | There was to be no Indian miracle , however , as left-armer Mike Whitney swept the batting aside , taking 7 for 27 on his way to match figures of 11 for 95 , his first 10-wicket haul in first-class cricket . |
| 14 | There was to be no eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation this time . |
| 15 | There was to be no single avant-garde style , so that adroit composers could take what they needed without prejudice from whatever the source , be it neo-romantic or minimalist , serialism or tonality . |
| 16 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 17 | There was to be no limping between two opinions . |
| 18 | At any rate Picasso seems to have realized , even before he began it , that it was to be no ordinary painting . |
| 19 | It was to be no insular backslapping occasion where favourite cars were chosen by the magazine 's staff , but a hard-headed look at the industry with independent judges outnumbering Autocar & Motor people by three to one . |