Example sentences of "was no [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aycliffe himself assured me that he is convinced there was no complicity on your part . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Smith added : ‘ There was no enthusiasm for this Government , no admiration for their performance , no sense that after 13 years they had delivered the goods , fulfilled promises or proved themselves worthy of the trust of the nation . ’ |
| 3 | There was no enthusiasm at that time from local residents for such a project , nor was any land available for such housing and it was agreed to take no further action on this . |
| 4 | It is abundantly clear that there was no enthusiasm amongst the English nobility for a renewal of war , and the triumphant campaign that now ensued was prepared by the king himself and a small group of his military supporters , notably Henry Percy of Alnwick and William de Clinton . |
| 5 | If proof was lacking , the trust beneficiary could turn only to his rights in personam against the trustee ; nor , since there was no doctrine of tracing , could he lay claim to the property received by the trustee in place of the original trust property . |
| 6 | There was no spread to the lymph nodes . |
| 7 | Frederick Montague gave evidence to the Commissioners that regarders and agisters were not appointed in Bere Porchester Forest , and that there was no supervision of rights of common there . |
| 8 | This result was an embarrassment following the headlines of January , but there was no hesitation about publishing it . |
| 9 | There was no hesitation in her reply . |
| 10 | There was no hesitation in working out the next number in the sequence — 13 . |
| 11 | There was no hesitation in the use of free labour and no inclination to make concessions of any kind . |
| 12 | Although he narrowed his eyes , there was no hesitation in his reply . |
| 13 | It was like no other protein that anyone had described before , and so there was no clue to its function . |
| 14 | There was no clue to contemporary thinking at the DTp throughout the 1970's : indeed , it was not until 1987 that a new standard reference work was published which could reasonably be expected to provide up to the minute advice on traffic planning in existing urban areas . |
| 15 | Circulation size was no clue to survival . |
| 16 | As with the morning papers , circulation size was no clue to profitability . |
| 17 | It was no holidays for a |
| 18 | This time there was no waiting at the reception desk ; Agnes carefully avoided the girl 's eye as she was shown straight through to Magill 's office . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the century , it was generally held that , in the absence of any contractual or fiduciary relationship , there was no liability for a negligent misrepresentation made by one person to another who had incurred loss by acting on it . |
| 20 | v. Moore-Gwyn , for instance , there was no liability for the fall of rocks from an outcrop , when the fall was due to the natural process of weathering . |
| 21 | My father and his brother , who had both passed such exams could not do this , as there was no grant for clothing , books , etc . |
| 22 | His Chief of Staff ( Ops ) did not even seem to know what were the boundaries of the various corps under command ; there was no map of troop positions , and no one could state just what orders had been issued . |
| 23 | Though there was no trading in the US because of a public holiday , North Sea Brent blend of crude oil lost 35 cents in early trading in London before ending 23 cents lower at $17.97 a barrel . |
| 24 | But there was no warmth in the blankets and the stone hot-water-bottle had cooled in her absence . |
| 25 | There was no warmth in Ward 's voice . |
| 26 | His lizard eyes , as they flicked from Nathan to Polly and back again , were alight with curiosity , yet there was no warmth in them . |
| 27 | There was no warmth in his eyes now , no smile , only blue steel . |
| 28 | Though the sun was bright there was no warmth in it as yet and the air was gently bracing . |
| 29 | There was no warmth in the kiss , no hint of that wild hot passion she remembered so vividly , just a cold , ruthless determination to make her bend to his will . |
| 30 | But there was no warmth in his embrace , and she shuddered as his eyes narrowed threateningly . |