Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] is no " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The compulsion to arrange books and authors in hierarchies is no new thing . |
| 4 | The crime in question is no trivial act . |
| 5 | The sole alternative to knowledge-with-doubt is no knowledge at all . |
| 6 | Humility of spirit is no monopoly of the individualists , nor is the hubris of the specialist confined to the collectivists ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ And probably the level of civilisation is no greater than it is within the Khanate — otherwise the embassy would be coming the other way . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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. ) . |
| 10 | The University of Sussex is no exception . |
| 11 | In this , the case of Pound is no different from other writers , or it is different only in degree . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The first law of thermodynamics is no more than one expression of the law of conservation of energy . |
| 14 | Any study of a world climatic map will , however , show that this type of climate is no more widespread than several others . |
| 15 | That type of mind is no use for advocacy . |
| 16 | The present generation of BBC executives are not natural trumpet-blowers , and the controller of BBC2 is no exception . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Even pop stars get bored sometimes kids and THE DRUMMER FROM CUD is no exception . |
| 19 | Yet defining capacity in banking is no simple matter . |
| 20 | December in Manchester is no place to start a love affair . |
| 21 | The emergence of an underclass in Britain is no accident . |
| 22 | Clearly , the intense involvement of blacks in sport is no recent phenomenon and any study of black sportsmen must pay careful attention to history . |
| 23 | And , as Italians have little sense of obligation to the state , relinquishing sovereignty to Brussels is no sacrifice . |
| 24 | We might find , for instance , that ‘ analytic thinking ’ of the kind they describe , free of interpersonal bias and meaning what they say with little or no room for interpretation' is no more apparent within university institutions and the formal school system than within other social institutions . |
| 25 | Okay , so you can convert any per centage into a normal frac I mean you can leave this sort of fraction is no problem , like I say , erm , seventy eight per cent is a , seventy eight over a hundred , and normally you would n't have to bother cancelling them down because you 'd just go to use your calculator |
| 26 | What is true of academic life for a teacher of jurisprudence is no doubt equally true in other walks of life for people in business , industry , the civil service , legal practice , farming and indeed fishing . |
| 27 | Registration of title is no guarantee of boundaries , showing general boundaries only , although the clarity and accuracy of the filed plan ( based as it is on the Ordnance Survey ) is commonly superior to most of the plans you 'll find on the unregistered title . |
| 28 | Precise dating of events is no more necessary than precise locations . |
| 29 | The Flood of Genesis is no ordinary flood on an extraordinary scale . |
| 30 | The prohibition of cannabis is no more effective now than the prohibition of alcohol has been in the past . |