Example sentences of "there is none " in BNC.

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1 There is none of the restless westwardness of the US .
2 British workers felt uncomfortable with the slogans common in Japanese factories , so there is none , but the American plants are full of them : ‘ Let's talk quality ’ ; ‘ Quality today , success tomorrow ’ ; ‘ Professional Results In Daily Efforts ’ ( spot the acronym ) ; ‘ Best die-change team , 1988 ’ .
3 There is none .
4 Graduations on the side of the cylinder show him exactly how much chemical has been sucked out , and there is none of the fuss of using a measuring jug .
5 When the driver pushes the throttle button or puts his foot on the pedal , there is none of the usual mechanical linkage there to swing into action .
6 If there is any doubt in the case of syphilis , there is none at all with regard to gonorrhoea .
7 ‘ You 're getting a proper old woman , John , seeing danger where there is none .
8 For there is none here who does not depend on someone .
9 Nevertheless , when children are confronted with points of view that are different from their own , they often assume similarity where there is none .
10 If there is none , it may be that work-place chemicals , or generalized exposures ( eg air pollution ) are the problem .
11 So there is none of the relief of a true unburdening , and the discussion of problems that characterises the homecoming of someone to a companion who is close in age as well as relationship .
12 They have caused fear and suspicion and encouraged people to look for abuse where there is none , or to dress up actual sexual abuse of children with ‘ satanic ’ imputations .
13 Here there is none of the numbing of awareness characteristic of plain selfishness .
14 Of the topographical and travel works there is none finer or ranking higher than William Daniell and Richard Ayton 's A Voyage Round Great Britain , eight volumes , 1814–15 , with over three hundred superb coloured aquatint plates .
15 There is none more worthy , sir , ’ he said .
16 Now , he thought , there is none to whom we may entrust a message .
17 The Back Bowls have only two main lifts so there is none of the mechanical clanking that blights so many resorts .
18 Various surface features on that world seem to show for certain that the planet has , in the past , enjoyed running water , but today there is none to be seen .
19 When there is none , he loosens his grip and turns away .
20 If there is none , what next ?
21 There is none of the variety which O'Brian provides through the intimate or casual conversations of Aubrey and Maturin : although circumstances allow Hornblower a little more than a restricted relationship with his loyal and devoted lieutenant Bush , it is never a Personal friendship .
22 A serious fault , but not one that affects choice , since as far as Summer 's Last Will is concerned there is none .
23 As Guha points out , there is none of this management ego trip stuff of going upmarket so that people compliment you on your Littlewoods tie when you go to the golf club .
24 Had the two interests been hostile , one would expect some evidence of local friction , but there is none .
25 The confusion in Charlie 's mind is well conveyed , provided that there is none in the mind of the reader .
26 There is none of the discrete lumpiness we saw in our first experiment when a bullet at a time hit the screen , now here , now there .
27 In pollution control work , however , there is none of the sacredness of the policing of the traditional code ( Lemert , 1972 ; Manning , 1977 ) , and it is more difficult to dramatize the threat of pollution than to portray the symbolic assaults on the community from criminals , addicts , vandals , and other sinister figures on the fringes of the moral order ( Manning , 1980 ) , notwithstanding the missionary zeal of some proponents of regulatory reform in the USA .
28 There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago .
29 There is none of that fake girlishness that young women employ in California .
30 Although Simmel is quoted , there is none of the subtlety of his analysis of the necessary contradictions of industrial society , and the emphasis on goals of happy homes and cohesive families appears cut off from the wider realms of social action .
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