Example sentences of "were no [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there , there would have been presumably enormous opposition to that and in the process output would have almost certainly fallen an an and er there were no resources for mechanization so collectivization as a short-term option is really out . |
| 2 | The fact that there were no projections for South West Water has fuelled speculation that this authority might be left out of the flotation process . |
| 3 | So while it would be difficult to argue that there were no benefits for Ghana , or for other Third World countries in similar projects , it is quite clear that the interests of the TNCs in obtaining cheap power in Ghana as part of their global industrial strategy run counter to the interests of Ghanaian development . |
| 4 | Prolonged correspondence with the Department of the Environment revealed that there were no plans for restoration . |
| 5 | Alan Hobart of Pyms Gallery purchased a fine historical composition by John Hamilton Mortimer ( lot 36 , est. £8,000–12,000 ) for £40,000 , but there were no bids for Constable 's unconvincing portrait group of the three Lambert Children ( lot 34 , est. £150,000–200,000 ) which had been purchased by a private collector at Sotheby 's in 1985 for the excessive price of £220,000 . |
| 6 | Despite pressure , there were no problems for goalkeeper Stephen Pears . |
| 7 | But there were no marks for Marks and Spencer from mothers who voted it Britain 's least parent-friendly shop . |
| 8 | Their starting point was to set up a model in which there were no opportunities for arbitrage by specifying an equality between those investors taking their returns solely in terms of capital gains by selling before the share went ex-dividend , and those who sold after the share went ex-dividend and thus collected their return in capital gains and dividends : where . |
| 9 | The Church throughout the world received orders and instructions which it obeyed willingly enough , though sometimes it regretted that there were no arrangements for dialogue and that it had not been invited to collaborate ; the result was that unity had to be lived out in passive acceptance rather than celebrated in fraternity ( Pensiamo al Concilio 9 ; see Hebblethwaite , 1984 , p. 409 ) . |
| 10 | There were no applications for bail for either defendant and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates . |
| 11 | There were no applications for bail for either , and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates . |
| 12 | There were no facilities for sport and we never played football or cricket . |
| 13 | But in Jamaica at the time , there were no facilities for kids , just for professional fighters , so I just used to look at them through the fence , sparring and punching the bag . |
| 14 | Chief Inspector John Henry , Merseyside 's crime prevention chief , said the figures were good but there were no grounds for complacency . |
| 15 | There was no real Academic plan and there were no grounds for confidence that the resource levels necessary to support the standards of the courses leading to the Council 's awards would be maintained . |
| 16 | Investigations into the affairs of senior officials of the Luchaire company had been initiated on March 13 , 1986 , by the Defence Ministry , but on June 16 , 1989 , the examining magistrate , Michel Legrand , found that there were no grounds for prosecution . |
| 17 | There were no advertisements for staff . |
| 18 | Second on the grid , second in the race , but Prost and the Ferrari were no match for Senna . |
| 19 | Southend on Sea , losing by 10 wickets , were no match for visitors Woodford Wells , whose Mark Webber scored 51 . |
| 20 | The skeleton staff were no match for Massenga and his team of ex-Security policemen . |
| 21 | Trinity 's makeshift pack were no match for Halifax 's big six and Bishop was a great general behind them . |
| 22 | Middlesbrough are no Spartak , and were no match for Souness 's side , who shook off any possible European hangover to dominate from the first whistle . |
| 23 | At this date , however , the Lusignans were no match for Henry II , now at the height of his powers . |
| 24 | There were no medals for Felipe to win for his country but he put Spain on the map , his name on every tongue . |
| 25 | There were no places for cowards and no concessions because of my size . |
| 26 | Police have said there was evidence of drug taking at the £17-a-head event , including discarded packets of white powder and some cannabis resin , but there were no arrests for drugs . |
| 27 | This minor affair underlined the Army 's contention that nuclear weapons and air power were no substitute for troops on the ground in the type of fighting in which Britain was likely to be involved as long as she remained a colonial power . |
| 28 | Although she and Rune had exchanged verbal descriptions of their respective relations the previous evening , words were no substitute for flesh and blood . |
| 29 | It is hard to imagine that not so very long ago there were no words for sellotape , instant-mix , deep-freeze , TV , drip-dry , silicon chip or jet-lag . |