Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [be] no [adj] [noun pl] " 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 Me : ‘ I told you there were to be no bug-eyed monsters in Doctor Who . ’
3 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 .
4 ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps .
5 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 .
6 Here was to be no outside elements , no objects or empirical fact or emotion ; it was a world of the mind , stark , pure , austere and coldly beautiful .
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