Example sentences of "be no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitherto there had been no provision for the mentally afflicted poor ; only licensed ‘ mad houses , , run on a private basis , which could only be used by those whose relations could afford them . |
| 2 | THERE are shares which are technically quoted on the Stock Exchange but in which there have been no dealings for a year . |
| 3 | Indeed a Galapagos dove was seen to perform a distraction display on an island where there had been no predators for countless years . |
| 4 | There 'd been no call for him to attend . |
| 5 | There 's been no luck for another of our teams … |
| 6 | Unfortunately , there has been no money for the activities of the East Europe sub-group , which was to have built on the Presidential visits of the previous year . |
| 7 | There 'd have been no comebacks for the station . |
| 8 | Of all Christians , those of the Orthodox family have remained the most conservative , Their cultural roots go back to the Byzantine Empire and there has been no event for them comparable to the Reformation or Vatican II . |
| 9 | If anything had gone wrong , there might have been no chances for another . |
| 10 | Denis Smith says he 's been trying to get players since he came but has to sell first and there have been no bids for any of the players . |
| 11 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 12 | Even his marriage to Primaflora in some way had charmed them although , of course , there had been no opportunity for her to visit either Episkopi or Kouklia . |
| 13 | Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her . |
| 14 | And from that moment to this there had been no opportunity for any kind of personal discussion . |
| 15 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 16 | But like you , he has been talking to my shipping office in Monaco and learns that there has been no communication for four days . |
| 17 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
| 18 | Two carriages took the Bradford family to early morning service , though it would have been no distance for them to walk . |
| 19 | said the performance of the Courtaulds staff was outstanding and , had the emergency been real , there would have been no consequences for the general public or the environment . |
| 20 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |
| 21 | Each sector was made responsible for its net revenue results ; previously , there had been no responsibility for overall profit and loss below the level of the chief executive . |
| 22 | In 1803 , after there had been no rain for several months , it began to rain incessantly and at about 8 p.m. on 9 October the rivers burst their banks . |
| 23 | This area to São Vicente is very sparsely populated and the road Passes through numerous tunnels and past cascading waterfalls , some of which give you a free car-wash , even in the summer when there has been no rain for months . |
| 24 | There had been no rain for many months . |
| 25 | There had been no rain for several weeks and the earth was hard , barely showing marks of the tractor wheels . |
| 26 | ( There had been no pre-arrangement for the lads to put the purifier in the water . |
| 27 | Rumours were rife that Wigan were poised to swoop for the 22-year-old Great Britain star and Saints were lining up Featherstone Rovers ' international Paul Newlove as a replacement but Mr Latham adds : ‘ There have been no enquiries for him he is contracted to us . ’ |
| 28 | Had there been , there could have been no room for doubt . |
| 29 | There had been no room for competition with her mother and Jenna had never wanted to try to offer any resistance to the relentless drive that kept her mother going . |
| 30 | Although there appears to have been no prosecution for attempted affray , there is no reason in principle why the inchoate offence should not apply . |