Example sentences of "it be no [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no doubt for this reason that the Syrian foreign minister , Farouk at-Shara , has gone out of his way to emphasise that continued Syrian support depends on the way in which the West responds to what Syria perceives to be the fundamental problem of Middle Eastern security — the Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian issue . |
| 2 | But although graft is indispensable , it is no replacement for raw talent . |
| 3 | But it is no substitute for social justice . |
| 4 | It was no place for idle talk then : there was too much action for gossip . |
| 5 | Yet for many years most Europeans did not know the system existed and it was no substitute for full EMU . |