Example sentences of "no [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 No one would lightly believe that either of them has ever found it hard to tell the difference between himself and somebody else .
2 Off-stage , no one would have looked at Jamie twice , standard rips in his faded jeans and political tee-shirt .
3 Perhaps no one would deny this ; but as each generation of students arrives more defiantly or hopelessly monoglot , as a whole new discipline ( called ‘ Comparative Literature ’ ) has come into being to cater for those exceptional persons who can read more languages than one , the need for a classroom manual to redress this state of affairs becomes ever more urgent .
4 ‘ We must admit that a Syrian withdrawal could provoke many dangers for which no one would want to take responsibility .
5 A sad tale about a man who died at the age of 103 because no one would give him any money .
6 No one would take responsibility for off-loading it , and Captain Pintar and his Yugoslav crew would not fly with it .
7 No one would deny that enterprise and competitiveness are important ; but what we see around us today is the elevation of self-interest as something to be applauded .
8 Whatever else may be said about the Cathedral 's architecture and its glass and its sculpture , no one would dispute the success of Ralph Beyer 's contributions , known as The Tablets of the Word and cut in Hollington stone on a grand scale .
9 No one would accuse Mr Healey of retiring modesty .
10 No one would deny that music can embody great humane and religious themes .
11 There are some things which no one would wish to know for their own sake , some subjects which have no possibility of being endowed with general significance .
12 I did n't like anything , I felt like going away somewhere where no one would see me , not even my husband , I wanted to escape from my life itself .
13 Perhaps no one would ever know the reason , for Jerome Fanshawe 's Jaguar had skidded , crashed and caught fire five miles from the hospital where the sole survivor now lay .
14 But Mountbatten was gone and no one would ever quite fill the void he left .
15 No one would doubt the market 's need to deploy its £11billion capacity more effectively — some marine syndicates work at less than half strength while syndicates in different businesses are pushing their limits .
16 If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’
17 No one would doubt the market 's need to deploy its £11billion capacity more effectively — some marine syndicates work at less than half strength while syndicates in different businesses are pushing their limits .
18 I grew up on movies and have always believed that if cameras had been invented before Ur and Og first trod the stone age boards then no one would ever have bothered to invent plays , they would have just leapt straight into the cinema .
19 Strong words which no one would contradict with confidence , even if despair was regarded as an emotion which should never be admitted .
20 You might have thought almost no one would back the successor to an organisation that collapsed in disgrace only months ago after 40 years of misrule .
21 Since no one would willingly make such a choice , there must be coercion involved .
22 Although no one would claim that Kansas City is now a model of racial harmony , it does make a sharp contrast to St Louis , Missouri 's other main city .
23 Moreover , whatever one 's account of political power , no one would urge a revolution ‘ upon every little mismanagement in public affairs ’ .
24 No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' .
25 With the emergence of Muhammad Ali , no one would ever see the ring the same way again , nor even the fighters themselves ; a TV go , a purse and a sheared lip would never be enough ; and a title was just a belt unless you did something with it .
26 In the transient world of politics and government such stability is exceptional , although in the world of business no one would consider unusual such partnerships between a chairman and chief executive .
27 He pressed the bell and waited , half hoping that it would n't ring or no one would come .
28 Still , no one would notice at 8 a.m .
29 No one would ever cut pieces off her while she slept .
30 In a place like this we could scream for hours and no one would hear us . ’
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