Example sentences of "it [be] [prep] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it better to pretend I had forgotten the incident , as if it were of no importance . |
| 2 | It being of no use for the master to say that the merchandise belongs to the owner of the ship because he can not be believed upon his word ; and he is not believed on his word when he declares that the ship belongs to the bourgeois and that there is no point to the charter party for the above stated reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's of no concern to me . |
| 4 | It 's of no use to have 70kg ( 1501b ) lines and links of lower strength values . |
| 5 | And of the tribulations of his personal life , which were in fact grievous : ‘ It 's of no consequence . |
| 6 | It does not matter whether or not DRG makes sellotape or Basildon Bond — it 's of no consequence to anybody if somebody else makes them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's of no consequence . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's of no consequence . |
| 9 | Yeah but it 's in no order I just , I record . |
| 10 | Well he chips it properly up in the air , but it 's like no power there so it just hit the roof and like Nicky just put it forward . |
| 11 | It is with no disrespect to her that I give him preference . |
| 12 | Nearly all boards today have a mast track system for moving the mastfoot , but it is of no benefit to you as a beginner . |
| 13 | It is of no assistance , however , to your Lordships in the present appeal to debate the finer points of Reg. v. Lawrence with a view to deciding whether the decision in this House ( although not that of the Court of Appeal ) can be justified on the special facts . |
| 14 | It is of no surprise to you and I to know that we are in a erm an economic crisis , and , but I think that we might be accused of being in an area that does n't take the fair share of the cuts . |
| 15 | It is of no concern to a member who does sell ( at least from a financial point of view ) that the bidder , having gained control , may go on to operate the company less efficiently than the previous management or is some other way that is damaging to its business . |
| 16 | In Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Health Authority [ 1984 ] AC 174 the defendants sought to persuade the House of Lords to exercise their freedom under the Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 , to reverse two rules that had been laid down by the majority of the House of Lords in West & Son Ltd v Shephard [ 1964 ] AC 326 , namely : ( 1 ) that the fact of unconsciousness does not eliminate the actuality of the deprivation of the ordinary experiences and amenities of life ( see the formulation used by Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest at p349 ) ; and ( 2 ) that , if damages are awarded upon a correct basis , it is of no concern to the court to consider any question as to the use that will thereafter be made of the money awarded . |
| 17 | And because the signals inside the television are in digits , it is of no consequence to the circuits whether the input is the US standard 525-line or the European 625 lines . |
| 18 | It is of no consequence once it is accepted that the God to serve humanity originated at the moment that life first became manifest , and combined with the material of the universe to start the long process of producing living creatures with the capacity to enjoy life and all that that involves . |
| 19 | When he suggests that it is of no consequence or importance which road one takes provided the goal is attained ultimately , he would seem to be implying that the end justifies the means . |
| 20 | ‘ Still , it is of no consequence now . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I told you … it is of no consequence . |
| 22 | It is of no interest to me . |
| 23 | It is of no matter . |
| 24 | To be sure that a patient is truly regaining their health , it is of no value just to know that the symptoms of his complaint have been relieved , rather the focus of his disease has to be seen to be shifting into less important areas , that is , moving down the hierarchy . |
| 25 | It is of no value to the frogs , as individuals , if their attacker dies after they themselves have been eaten , so they have also developed the most striking , vivid colours — not just yellow and black , but scarlet , virulent green and purple . |
| 26 | You can not afford to wade through pages of scribbles , finding that most of it is of no value . |
| 27 | It is of no use to put forward a partial plan for the revitalization of our education . |
| 28 | It is of no use to bemoan the existence of such competition . |
| 29 | This is obviously correct if you are working from the actual body measurements , but it is of no use when you want to enter measurements taken from a diagram where only an armhole depth measurement is given . |
| 30 | It is of no use to go half-way to meet the objective and to fall short in this aim . |