Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] be no " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crucifixion of Jesus was no naive rejection of the reality of evil , but a confrontation with evil that destroyed it . |
| 2 | But all the speed of foot is no substitute for an anti-tank gun to beat off armoured attack , ‘ nor does a Green Beret make you bullet-proof ’ ( again to quote General Moulton ) . |
| 3 | He said that considerations of humanity are no substitute for prohibitive rules of international law and , by themselves , do not constitute evidence of rules prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons . |
| 4 | They were expert at vanishing silently and reappearing suddenly in some unexpected place ; and in case of need the Lord Owen 's main stronghold of Glyndyfrdwy was no great distance away , mound and manor guarded by a curve of the Dee , down there to the south in the close confine of the valley . |
| 5 | As a businessman the great William Stumpe of Malmsbury was no doubt Winchcombe 's superior . |
| 6 | But this effort does not exceed the country 's ability : EDF 's share of total investment in France is no higher today than it was in 1960 , when the large hydroelectric dams were being built . |
| 7 | The compulsion to arrange books and authors in hierarchies is no new thing . |
| 8 | The crime in question is no trivial act . |
| 9 | Martin Lester 's largest set of legs to date are no less than 20 metres ( 65ft ) long ! |
| 10 | The sole alternative to knowledge-with-doubt is no knowledge at all . |
| 11 | This distinction was heavily criticized , chiefly on the ground that courts , when exercising judicial functions , often can not resolve a dispute simply by applying the law but must sometimes exercise discretion on policy grounds to fill gaps in the law ; so the need to have recourse to policy was no reason not to commit a decision to a body which would deal with it in a fully ‘ judicial ’ way . |
| 12 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |
| 13 | Humility of spirit is no monopoly of the individualists , nor is the hubris of the specialist confined to the collectivists ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ And probably the level of civilisation is no greater than it is within the Khanate — otherwise the embassy would be coming the other way . ’ |
| 15 | " The opponents of change were no less blunt and were also given space to express their views in the BDN . |
| 16 | Furthermore , he did not make the mistake of insisting on ideological purity during his nomination campaign ; there was to be no ‘ extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice ’ or ‘ moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ’ rhetoric from Reagan and no abrasive assaults on the liberals in the party as had occurred in 1964 . |
| 17 | This dealer commits an offence under section 1(1) ( a ) and the defence of disclaimer is no defence whatsoever to someone charged under section 1(1) ( a ) , R. v. Southwood ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 18 | The University of Sussex is no exception . |
| 19 | In this , the case of Pound is no different from other writers , or it is different only in degree . |
| 20 | It is a category , as we have seen , which encompasses a range of disabilities from Down 's syndrome ( whose victims may even learn to read or write ) to microcephaly ( where the manifestations of life are no more than those of a vegetable ) and these differences are usually of account . |
| 21 | The village of Thorsbury was no more than a hamlet . |
| 22 | A general textbook on the law of tort is no place for an extended discussion of the specialised law relating to trade disputes but those disputes have provided most of the ‘ raw material ’ for the development of the common law and their legal regulation has been so substantially modified by statute since 1906 that some account of the legislative intervention is necessary . |
| 23 | The first law of thermodynamics is no more than one expression of the law of conservation of energy . |
| 24 | The closer the Gnostics stood to orthodoxy , the more likely they were to wish to infiltrate the catholic community ; this was especially the case among the Manichees , but they could be detected by their refusal to drink of the eucharistic cup ( since they regarded wine as an invention of the devil ) and to make the sign of the cross ( since to them the suffering of Jesus was no actual event but a symbol for the universal condition of the human race ) . |
| 25 | Any study of a world climatic map will , however , show that this type of climate is no more widespread than several others . |
| 26 | That type of mind is no use for advocacy . |
| 27 | Such stoutly-defended independence of character was no less typical of her off-screen conduct . |
| 28 | The present generation of BBC executives are not natural trumpet-blowers , and the controller of BBC2 is no exception . |
| 29 | Turnip salad with capers is no shock today and raw choucroûte salad , an idea Pomiane had picked up in Moscow — buy very fresh choucroûte from the charcutier and stop at the village pump to wash it thoroughly , he told those of his French readers who went in for picnics on canoeing and automobile excursions — should be the joy of vegetarians . |
| 30 | Even pop stars get bored sometimes kids and THE DRUMMER FROM CUD is no exception . |