Example sentences of "[that] [art] [indef pn] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explain that no one is to see what they have written on the paper and then ask them to pin it on the back of the next guest to arrive . |
| 2 | Sociologists have been quick to point out the obvious absurdity of this — without , of course , seeing the nonsensicality of their own position — and have rightly observed that no one is born into a vacuum , that cultures and the individuals within them vary , and that individual psychology is powerfully influenced by traditional and cultural factors of which a purely individualistic approach can not take account . |
| 3 | The fact that no one is given command in the green movements does not mean that no one stands out among the ruck . |
| 4 | Moreover we have the proverb that no one is elected to anything except to keep two other people out — and some of Cambridge doubted whether Stephen Neill for all his brilliance was reliable , and thought that neo-Thomism , despite the quality of Mascall 's mind , was a retrograde movement in divinity . |
| 5 | The main difficulty there is a severe case of market constipation , but it is hardly surprising that no one is moving : no one can afford to . |
| 6 | ‘ the rule is that no one is bound to answer any question if the answer thereto would , in the opinion of the judge , have a tendency to expose the deponent to any criminal charge , penalty , or forfeiture which the judge regards as reasonably likely to be preferred or sued for . |
| 7 | The fact that there is no sound or that no one is talking sometimes needs indicating . |
| 8 | R S P C A officials think the pony was probably a child 's pet and are surprised that no one is missing him . |
| 9 | In fact , the convictions these arguments try to explain are the product of the second approach , of a deep personification of political and social community , and that is why they do not challenge the Kantian thesis that no one is to blame for what he has not himself done . |
| 10 | Meanwhile it should not be thought that no one is doing research into the uses of the printed book . |
| 11 | At first sight what he seems to be saying is simply that no one is going to take any notice of the conclusions which a rational woman reaches after deliberation . |
| 12 | Drawing upon the historical legacy of an independent yeomanry the farmer will then reply that no one is going to tell him how to run his farm or meddle in his affairs and that environmentalist ‘ busybodies ’ should go and mind their own business . |
| 13 | Many successful businesses have been founded on the single item of information that no one is carrying out a particular service or producing a particular product . |
| 14 | One of the striking features of that play , indeed , is that no one is spared mockery , and hardly any one fails to mock others . |
| 15 | Furthermore , it is all too easy for both people to decide to let go at the same moment , so that no one is left holding a wing-tip . |
| 16 | Just check that no one 's taken anything away from him , will you ? |
| 17 | But I mean , we we 've got a situation where we are , I mean , our estate 's quiet , very quiet and and , you know , you get the impression that , you know , they can do it without fear or favour , you know , th they know that no one 's going to disturb them it 's very quiet there |
| 18 | And yet , as she kept repeating , she was convinced that there was something that no one was telling her . |
| 19 | He only hoped that no one was watching him , as he almost ran down the unlit passage and out of the back door . |
| 20 | On a recent trip to Somerset , I became aware that no one was swimming along what is an impressive and beautiful stretch of coastline . |
| 21 | In 1856 French secretaries of embassy and legation were divided into three classes and it was ordered that no one was to reach the third and lowest class without having already served as an attaché for three years , while everyone must spend at least three more in each class before being promoted to a higher one . |
| 22 | Before picking it out , she looked over her shoulder to make sure that no one was looking at her . |
| 23 | How much intimidation took place after the previous raid is hard to gauge , but in 1955 Charley Head , who had been signals officer with 3 Commando in March 1941 , revisited the islands and learnt that no one was shot after the March raid , although some houses had been burnt down . |
| 24 | Ski equipment importers had big stocks of last year 's skis and boots still on their hands and ski shops were desperately running sales and searching for other sports to make up for the fact that no one was buying skigear . |
| 25 | Clovis 's letter , which was sent in the aftermath of the battle of " Vouillé " , describes how he had decreed that no one was to harm the Church , those who had entered the religious life , those living with them , or slaves of the Church . |
| 26 | The television news-reader 's voice still rang across the room , sounding forlorn now that no one was listening . |
| 27 | Investigators concluded that no one was to blame for the blaze started by a spotlight overheating a curtain . |
| 28 | The worst thing of all was that no one was talking . |
| 29 | The engine was quickly shut down and it was a miracle that no one was hurt . |
| 30 | This was caused by a combination of a very strong gust and the fact that no one was keeping the nose down while the glider was being towed into wind . |