Example sentences of "[be] [prep] be no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 2 | And there are to be no special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 3 | There are to be no further scenes on the stage , no deviations from the rehearsals . |
| 4 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 5 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 6 | There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements . |
| 7 | Me : ‘ I told you there were to be no bug-eyed monsters in Doctor Who . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Entrants to the School were to be no younger than six nor older than ten , nor could they stay without special consent beyond the age of fourteen . |
| 12 | There were to be no more transactions with them . |
| 13 | Buzz had warned Clare that there were to be no more arguments , and now all Elinor had to do was get well . |
| 14 | From this point on , there were to be no more magazines , nor any news of any kind — even on our third anniversary in April , until after Brian 's release more than a year later . |
| 15 | Though it grated on their code of hospitality , the island hosts then decided there were to be no more gifts of food or drink , no more counselling or mapping , no more lending of labour , or advice . |
| 16 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 17 | There 's to be no more of it , Dr Spilsby says . ’ |
| 18 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |
| 19 | Surely all political parties would do well to agree that there is to be no political vacuum in Northern Ireland and that we are determined to fight for peace as the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 20 | In words aimed at the US president , Bill Clinton , he said : ‘ The Balkanisation of the region is coming if there is to be no peaceful settlement . |
| 21 | There is to be no lower door but — |
| 22 | If there is to be no common musical material we are going to find ourselves with something which , however distinguished , is not distinguishable , and which is therefore of questionable value . |
| 23 | There is to be no widespread review of the prices , profits and performance of the utilities , despite the original proposal in the Government 's draft document issued before the publication of the citizens charter : ’ The Government will therefore in consultation with the regulators review the performance of the utility companies the results of the review willl be published ’ . |
| 24 | Of those who are remembered , the more distant or briefly glimpsed a grandparent , the more likely the recollection is to be no more than an external image . |
| 25 | There was to be no all-powerful central state apparatus , and political leaders were to be given no blank cheques ; on the contrary , they were to be hedged in by a complex , decentralized and fragmented system designed to prevent any one leader or group of leaders from becoming excessively powerful . |
| 26 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 27 | There was to be no real rapport — with Peter Cook allegedly burning the first Oz in a Soho pub — until the Oz trial five years later . |
| 28 | There was to be no heroic , story-book recovery . |
| 29 | At any rate Picasso seems to have realized , even before he began it , that it was to be no ordinary painting . |
| 30 | Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction . |