Example sentences of "can [be] no [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cases decide that this exception extends to touching a person in order to attract attention , although there can be no exception when the person touched has made it clear that he or she does not wish to be touched again . |
| 2 | There can be no question but that the people of Belfast are showing , by returning day after day to work , to shop and to enjoy themselves in Belfast , that they are the people who are succeeding . |
| 3 | There can be no question that the bishops are not in any way aware of this arrogation , as it is mediated in consciousness by their belief in , and conceptualization of , a static natural law which is accessible , even if with difficulty , to the conscience of everyman ; which same natural law no one should be allowed to violate , even if in error , when that law , if broken , is seen to threaten the very moral fabric of society . |
| 4 | There can be no question that the family of J.M. Barrie was closely knit . |
| 5 | Whatever action is taken on the final report of the Buea project ( and I have fears that the heavy reliance on expatriate experts in the project and in drawing up the report may not contribute to its being widely read and followed in Cameroon ) there can be no question that the project marks an important landmark in curriculum planning in Africa . |
| 6 | Overall there can be no question that this is the finest Gottschalk CD of the moment , but that should not detract listeners from the other two issues as there are few overlaps . |
| 7 | Good religion could be good politics , good politics could require good religion , and there can be no question that Cnut threw himself into certain aspects of his role with zest . |
| 8 | If £5 be taken as the minimum above which there can be no question as to their status , it is noteworthy that half the Babergh men in this category worked in the skilled finishing trades . |
| 9 | So there can be no question where that story should start . |
| 10 | Where the accused invites a woman to touch him indecently there can be no offence as there is no assault . |
| 11 | As with any creative work there can be no prescription that will guarantee a fund of good teaching ideas . |
| 12 | There can be no progress while for sheep there are headage payments which simply prop up our less efficient competitors in mainland Europe . |
| 13 | For them , there can be no progress until the ‘ enemy ’ is overcome . |
| 14 | It is important to remember that the word trust is meaningless if there is no possibility of betrayal , just as there can be no betrayal if there is no element of trust . |
| 15 | Diversion of resources into light industry , for example , can not solve the incentive problem as , without market pressures , there can be no guarantee that factories will produce what consumers wish to buy . |
| 16 | If this is the case with confidential material , then there can be no guarantee that the secrecy of the material can be maintained . |
| 17 | There can be no guarantee that head teachers and parent governors have the necessary skills to perform this task effectively . |
| 18 | The forces of feminism have done more than the cohorts of Mrs Whitehouse to challenge public acceptance of erotica : there can be no guarantee that some future legal onslaught against sexually explicit art and literature would not succeed . |
| 19 | ‘ There can be no guarantee that any of the options under consideration will actually save money , ’ he told a seminar for chief officers of Aberdeen District Council . |
| 20 | In this tightly knit situation there can be no escape and what upsets one will eventually cause chaos among all . |
| 21 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 22 | When Babylon rules there can be no brotherhood and sisterhood between black and white , any apparent friendship does not deceive . |
| 23 | Without them , as the White Paper ’ Custody , Care and Justice ’ says , ’ there can be no assurance that resources ’ — which means money , and I wish that people would say ’ money ’ rather than ’ resources ’ — ’ devoted to the prison service will be used effectively and efficiently in a way which fulfils the obligations of the prison service . ’ |
| 24 | From time to time there have arisen political factions whose leaders have sought to base their power on the doctrine that there can be no peace and prosperity on earth so long as mankind harbours religious thoughts and worships ‘ gods ’ . |
| 25 | But after the Shah responded angrily , Sadat told him in Persian , " There can be no love except after enmity . " |
| 26 | Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze showed that the USSR had not forgotten the ZOPFAN impulse in informing Sitthi that ‘ there can be no calm or stability in a region in which there exist foreign military bases and which is not protected from the military rivalry of non-regional powers ’ . |
| 27 | It can be no coincidence that the famed Fund of Funds , which so many investors wish they had never heard of , was set up by Bernie Cornfield . |
| 28 | Without desire there can be no attachment and so no loss and corresponding suffering . |
| 29 | Industry is , in some ways , rather like war ; there can be no doubt whether one is winning or losing . |
| 30 | There can be no doubt that the climate of Japan imposed on her artists a different attitude towards art problems . |