Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] longer [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her poor father might still like his lunch on time , even though he could no longer hold a fork and had to be helped to eat . |
| 2 | Nearly all the canine members of the police dog section are former unwanted pets donated by families who for a variety of reasons found the could no longer offer a home to man 's best friend . |
| 3 | There are no bureaucrats going round counting the jobs that never happened , the jobs that went away or the small firms that have packed up because they could no longer make a profit under the new controls and restrictions on their work force . |
| 4 | I was now so thin , so tubular that I could no longer wear a belt . |
| 5 | I hope that we never reach the position that I have sometimes , although not often , met in my constituency , when I have received a phone call from a private home to the effect that it could no longer keep a patient who had perhaps become doubly incontinent . |
| 6 | In an exchange of letters Rothermere said he could no longer support a movement which was becoming increasingly to believe in dictatorship , anti-semitism and the corporate state . |
| 7 | Mr Johnstone said the group could no longer guarantee a bed for life regardless of whether residents were privately funded or eligible for income support . |
| 8 | Lebanon 's own power-sharing institutions lasted longest and only finally fragmented when Muslim–Maronite friction — and foreign interference — became so intense that parliament could no longer elect a president . |
| 9 | She had n't made love with him , but for him the battle had already been won , and she would no longer present a challenge . |
| 10 | Inhabitants of the occupied territories wishing to enter Israel would no longer need a permit if aged 50 or over ( instead of 60 ) . |
| 11 | Kamal Jumblatt and other nationalist leaders said that they would no longer support a Cabinet that included Phalangists — just as Chamoun , back in 1957 , had refused to countenance nationalists in the administration . |
| 12 | Elected people will no longer have an influence on local further education ; instead , the position will be similar to that set up by the Secretary of State for Health , where appointed quangos are in control . |
| 13 | But with the MCI deal in the bag , BT will no longer need a licence ; its American services can be sold via MCI . |
| 14 | If , in the copy , each square is replaced by some other mark — a hollow triangle , say — you will no longer see a rotation . |
| 15 | Lucy was already regretting her impulsive words , but , knowing she had to come up with an answer , she said in a matter-of-fact tone , ‘ Silas has already assured me that women will no longer play a part in his life . |
| 16 | For generations my family have been staunch Conservatives , but I am afraid my immediate family will no longer support a Government which cares little about animal welfare . |
| 17 | By the time new licensees start broadcasting in 1993 , ITV stations will no longer enjoy a monopoly . |
| 18 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 19 | However , if the item in question was sent overseas then please wait at least one month before sending in the claim form to allow sufficient time for delivery , but do try to submit it within four months from the date of despatch , otherwise the Foreign Administration may no longer have a record of delivery . |
| 20 | People who were housegroup leaders may no longer have a group to lead . |
| 21 | hence she questions whether we can any longer construe a notion of ‘ outer space ’ , the space beyond the frame within which images or ideas are traditionally secured . |
| 22 | Great wealth can no longer disguise an absence of true values : the mirrors in Mr Dombey 's ice-palace reflect the chilling image of a marriage based on purchase ; the roses on his wallpaper and carpets are set about with thorns . |
| 23 | The response of Dr P to communications , it will be remembered , is that it ignores the aesthetic , that it is so obsessed with ‘ ideological statements and political texts ’ that it can no longer make a distinction between good and bad . |
| 24 | This suggestion was , not surprisingly , refused by Mrs Thatcher , who , despite the fact that her Government used the guillotine in Parliament to ensure a jury can no longer have a say in the public interest , as they had in the trial of Clive Ponting , declared in a written reply to Baroness Ewart Biggs , that : |