Example sentences of "make no [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example : it was found that many staff had made no provision for their phones to be answered when they were absent from their desks . |
| 2 | But she did n't find out he had made no provision for her in the event of his death until Elizabeth could no longer withhold her sentiments . |
| 3 | ‘ I have made no provision for my son Robert other than the bequest of £100 because he has been the recipient of my bounty during my lifetime and has nevertheless caused me sorrow and trouble on numerous occasions . ‘ |
| 4 | John wrote emphatically : ‘ I have made no provision for my son Lawrence other than the bequest of £100 because he had his own business in opposition to mine ; I was willing to work with him and help him but he would not and preferred competition . ’ |
| 5 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 6 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 7 | It made no sense for him to be engineering bad publicity . |
| 8 | The county council further accepted that an alteration to the approved structure plan was necessary to legitimize the strategy as the approved structure plan made no provision for it . |
| 9 | The early career of the great missionary John Wesley showed the problems facing Anglicans in an area without bishops ; when he went to preach in the newly-launched colony of Georgia from 1735 to 1737 the Church of England made no provision for his activity , and he went out attached to the Moravians . |
| 10 | B , the driver made no claim for his own injuries . |
| 11 | They watched the progress of Polaris closely , but made no bid for it because to have done so would have loaded the Naval votes with its costs at the expense of the rest of the Fleet . |
| 12 | The lady in question was married to a lawyer who , in spite of being a writer to the signet , must have been singularly incompetent , for , as Gorthie remarked , ‘ he 's a senseless fellow that can make no shift for her and a great many children they have ’ . |
| 13 | I make no apology for it . ’ |
| 14 | I have always believed — I make no apology for it — that any system of financing local government must contain a way of making the local authorities more accountable to those who live within the local area . |
| 15 | It 's unusual for Festival to extend an invitation to an artist to return for a second consecutive year but that is what 's to happen tonight and we make no apology for it . |
| 16 | ‘ They 'll know soon enough , ’ Benedict said grimly , making no apology for his lapse . |
| 17 | It makes no sense for them to stay here ; that 's been tried and it did n't do them any good in the long run . |
| 18 | By the final scene , however , we infer his dislike of McKendrick from the fact that having seriously impinged on his negative face by placing Hollar 's thesis in his briefcase and putting him into a situation of considerable personal danger , he makes no apology for his action whatsoever . |
| 19 | Father James Morrow makes no apology for his uncompromising attitude when he feels it could help to save lives . |
| 20 | Dr Runcie affirms the need to create wealth and makes no plea for its collective ownership . |
| 21 | The UK clearinghouse on the other hand makes no charge for its enquiry service nor for distribution of user education materials , but sells all its publications , including the index to its database , as separate items . |
| 22 | The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demand for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity : it affords protection to all beings , offering shade even to the axeman who destroys it . |