Example sentences of "were no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time his original classification as a ‘ contested registration ’ was rescinded there were no vacancies for the hard-hitter from Keighley , and he was compelled to settle for league cricket and Minor Counties appearances for Cumberland . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The mean metal concentrations in fasting gastric juice of patients is shown in Table III ; there were no differences for any of the metals between the two groups of patients , nor were there differences between those with duodenal and gastric ulcers . |
| 6 | There were no roads for wheeled traffic until after 1750 . |
| 7 | Er all the clothing you had was provided by yourself , boiler suits , boots er there there was no protective clothing at all , there were no protection for your hearing , er there was no what we called leathers as such for er to save you from getting burned with scales off of the rivets , with burning machines etcetera , there were n't there was absolutely no er protective clothing at all , unless you happened to be able to buy it yourself somewhere . |
| 8 | An Outer London authority noted that funds were specifically budgeted for training but that there were no budgets for individual departments , and that therefore they could not state a specific amount . |
| 9 | It will be the first time that the Unita leader has met a British minister , and only a few days ago the Angolan ambassador in London was assured by a Foreign Office official that there were no plans for such a meeting . |
| 10 | Prolonged correspondence with the Department of the Environment revealed that there were no plans for restoration . |
| 11 | The Irish Times meantime had suggested that British Telecommunications Plc and AT&T Co were bidding for a stake in Telecom Eireann ; a spokeswoman for Telecom Eireann said that the company had received an assurance from the Irish government that there were no plans for its privatisation . |
| 12 | Defence Ministers of the Visegrad Three countries ( Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland ) met at Zruby in Slovakia on Sept. 25 , when Imrich Andrejcak of Czechoslovakia was quoted as saying that there were no plans for the three countries to sign a military pact or form a military union . |
| 13 | But tonight Oxfordshire Health Authority insisted there were no plans for a major increase in spending outside the county . |
| 14 | Early yesterday , Buckingham Palace said there were no plans for a visit . |
| 15 | The national figures , released by the Municipal Mutual Insurance company , showed schools particularly prone to vandalism were encouraged to employ 24hour security guards , however there were no plans for this in North Yorkshire , Durham or Cleveland . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There were no bids for a large postcard piece by Gilbert and George ( lot 360 , est. £9,000–12,000 ) , nor for Tony Cragg 's ‘ Yard ’ ( lot 378 , est. £18,000–25,000 ) , an important granite sculpture dating from 1988 and formerly owned by the late Sebastian Walker . |
| 18 | In the event the union leaders were wholly justified , as the result of the ballot showed , in their claim that there were no reasons for doubting that the industrial action was in accordance with the wishes of the workers . |
| 19 | There were no weekends for them . |
| 20 | ‘ Until recently , ’ Carl said , ‘ there were no provisions for new ideas , so I kept them in my files until a need arose . |
| 21 | In addition , there are no regulatory restraints against entry to the market , and until recently there were no regulations for dedicated specific capital or prudential controls on players ' activities , except ( in the case of universal banks ) to the extent that banking supervision of a company impinged on a eurobond operation . |
| 22 | Despite pressure , there were no problems for goalkeeper Stephen Pears . |
| 23 | They were no use for recording programmes , however , and the public opted for video cassette recorders instead . |
| 24 | They laughed at me and told me my fingers were no use for that work , which was true . |
| 25 | But there were no marks for Marks and Spencer from mothers who voted it Britain 's least parent-friendly shop . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | There were no arrangements for the Press to accompany him on his tour , journalists were told . |
| 29 | He smiled at her tolerantly , as though there were no accounting for the ideas girls got in their heads . |
| 30 | There were no applications for bail for either defendant and both were granted legal aid by the magistrates . |