Example sentences of "[det] is no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , 2 rounds after its appearance a very dramatic change flares around it : if the adventurers have backed off this is no problem for them , if they have n't ( e.g. , fear effects have caused people to be rooted to the spot , they 're trying to talk to the Ghost , etc ) then the spirit is a dangerous opponent . |
| 2 | This is no hour for conversation . |
| 3 | This is no quest for some Utopia . |
| 4 | This is no excuse for Sam , but it shows maybe where criticisms like Edwin Muir 's break down . |
| 5 | However , this is no excuse for inaction , for a number of systems have been described which are of considerable assistance ; for example , the Telford system which relies largely on professional judgement can be used to good effect ( 1 ) . |
| 6 | This is no occasion for jubilation , certainly not celebration . |
| 7 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 8 | This is no victory for women , even though it is of very important material benefit to them . |
| 9 | A decade after the Scarman report on Brixton and on the evidence from our more troubled communities , this is no time for any of us to strike traditional postures . |
| 10 | This is no time for sorrow |
| 11 | This is no time for delicacy and posing , it is time for strong-arm stuff which would bring looks of admiration from a shark angler and cause a tiddler snatcher to cringe in fear . |
| 12 | This is no time for pretending that all will automatically be sweetness and light , just because you have a deep affection for each other . |
| 13 | ‘ This is no time for divisive talk . |
| 14 | ‘ This is no time for crying , ’ she told me firmly . |
| 15 | THIS IS NO TIME FOR SEDIMENT ! |
| 16 | This is no time for complacency . |
| 17 | ‘ This is no time for jokes ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ This is no time for false modesty , Paige . |
| 19 | This is no time for equivocation . |
| 20 | But this is no time for Yesterday 's Men . |
| 21 | There is no evidence that he thinks they can be argued out of their scepticism , but , since they have convinced neither him nor us , this is no cause for concern . |
| 22 | Agendas , minutes and related papers are available For inspection at the school , but this is no substitute for attendance at meetings if public information and debate is fully intended . |
| 23 | They are , of course , very adept at absorbing everything in a brief but this is no substitute for a profound knowledge and understanding of the subject . |
| 24 | The ideas are presented against a target of full employment , but he warns : ‘ All of this is no substitute for a coherent industrial policy which provides sustainable growth . ’ |
| 25 | This is no place for a short Sunday afternoon stroll , the paths are very well marked but the going is tough . |
| 26 | Clearly this is no place for novices but it is possible for them , if armed with a torch and wearing boots and clothes that do n't matter , to go into one hole and emerge from the other , the two entrance passages converging after fifteen yards of stumbling progress . |
| 27 | This is no place for state secrets . ’ |
| 28 | Shaking me slightly — so that my teeth rattled — it said , ‘ This is no place for you , whoever you may be . ’ |
| 29 | A battleship may need a lot of ocean to turn around in , but this is no argument for abandoning our commitment to rudders . |
| 30 | Thus , for example , while many inmates may sleep in worse conditions outside , this is no argument for making them sleep on concrete if it is not excessively expensive to provide them with cots or hammocks . |