Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] no sense " in BNC.

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1 The subdued tone and diplomatic style of Chronique de septembre in no sense blunt the cutting edge of Nizan 's communist analysis .
2 Katia starts to talk about the special projects which they are planning in Japan , and groans about management with no sense of fun — ‘ Who 's that guy we met , Marielle ? — the big pompous one , who complained that I sang too much ? ’
3 The nonaggression pact in no sense implies desertion on the part of the USSR " , " noted Aragon quite categorically .
4 He 'd been feeling good that day : finding the sweet-spot time after time , the ball coming off the racquet head with no sense of effort .
5 But despite her aggressive passivity , Connie is likeable ; an achievement in a masochistic character with no sense of humour .
6 The angular shape was obviously modelled on the front half of a mining ship , but modelled by a madman with no sense of proportion .
7 The absence of explanatory panels on the walls means that the exhibition in no sense really ‘ begins ’ , and the visitor is left to divine for himself that there is a rough chronological divide between the early seventeenth century at Palazzo Spinola and the later decades , initiated by works of Valerio Castello and Parodi , at Palazzo Reale .
8 The solicitor was a scrupulously correct elderly man with no sense of humour and a dislike of being hurried , although he 'd moved quickly enough this time .
9 Back comes the sense of physical confusion at sexually charged moments ( ‘ he had the sensation of rising gently through the room ’ in The Innocent ; ‘ I felt weightless , tumbling through space with no sense of up and down ’ in The Cement Garden ) .
10 The breadth of Largo Caballero 's government in no sense reflected unanimity among its members concerning the nature and imperatives of the war .
11 One is intensive arable as in the Fens , New Holland in Lincolnshire , and on much of the chalk ; there are few or no hedges or trees , but open country with no sense of enclosure or division .
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