Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] and no " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-five acts are booked to do seven minutes each and no one does a spot shorter than 15 . |
| 2 | Getting busted can lose you your job and wreck chances of future work — yet most of us know plenty of people staggering into work pissed and no mention is made . |
| 3 | Getting busted can lose you your job and wreck chances of future work — yet most of us know plenty of people staggering into work pissed and no mention is made . |
| 4 | One of the four prisoners in the Casablanca protest reportedly ended his hunger strike on July 18 and no further deaths were reported . |
| 5 | In silence , Adam lifted her into his arms and carried her ( five feet nine and no lightweight ) on to the bed . |
| 6 | National Savings Certificates are paying a miserable 7.5 per cent tax free and no one should be holding any certificates which have reached maturity as the rate paid under general extension terms is only 5.1 per cent . |
| 7 | I hate myself for being weak , and wish I were younger and stronger , but I 'm 68 years old and no match for them . |
| 8 | The tiny lady in purple looking after the money , 78 years old and no bigger than twopennorth of copper , was Jess Wilson who turned out to have been a British clay pigeon champion many years ago . |
| 9 | The 3' untranslated trailer sequence is 937 nucleotides long and no poly A tail is present indicating internal priming during cDNA synthesis . |
| 10 | As spring progresses and the days lengthen , the O 3 and NO 2 column amounts recover , and at the same time there is a steady increase in the column amount of gas-phase HNO 3 . |
| 11 | Of the older hands , Lloyd had his best year for some time — 10 half-centuries but , strangely , no three-figure scores — and Asif fitted into the demands of the team with successive hundreds , from the No 3 and No 6 positions . |
| 12 | If a son or daughter married and no suitable home was in the offing , a house would be made available . |
| 13 | CLS lists liabilities of $2.6m and assets of $5.7m ; Brooke holds debt from the purchase of the hospitality business of Computerized Lodging Systems Inc , and lists liabilities of $5.5 million and no assets . |
| 14 | The meeting was , however , adjourned at the end of March 9 and no further discussions were held since the parties agreed that talks would be suspended following the formal announcement of the UK general election , which was made on March 11 [ see p. 38821 ] . |
| 15 | ‘ We were just shocked after the robbery but felt that it could have been a lot worse and no great harm had been done to anybody . |
| 16 | There are many aids to beauty available and no lack of advice on the correct use of make-up , but one should bear in mind that use of it should be discreet and not overdone . |
| 17 | The photographs , corroborated by reports by pilots leaked by the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority , showed the main plant intact and no signs of severe damage . |
| 18 | Immature has wing-tips blackish and no crest . |