Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] no [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This interior analogue of the exterior world is actively ‘ seen ’ ; and this we may presume is no accidental metaphor , for the dominance of visual perception in human life extends into the inner world of experiencing as a dominant mode providing a basic ‘ map ’ of an ongoing continuum . |
| 2 | No one had investigated inner-city language in this way before , so for all we knew there might have been no significant differences at all , and we were told by at least one colleague — not very encouragingly — that ‘ Broad Belfast ’ dialect was all very much the same . |
| 3 | In terms of the way the issue had been considered up to this point there could have been no other answer . |
| 4 | There could have been no better man for the job and Graveney , whose equable temperament has survived a good deal of adversity in recent years , managed to keep everyone content during some trying early days . |
| 5 | In that case there could have been no just criticism of Lincoln 's Inn in the way it had adjudicated on the application of a student applying for admission to the Inn who had had serious criminal convictions between 1956 and 1974 . |
| 6 | This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 7 | There would have been no great age of dinosaurs , but there would have been a flowering of mammals 130 million years earlier . |
| 8 | If the Syrians had not permitted Hezbollah to have a presence in the southern suburbs of Beirut , there would have been no Iranian presence there . |
| 9 | If they had polled the same plurality as they commanded in 1987 , there would have been no overall party majority . |
| 10 | There can be little doubt that under the terms of the Common Foreign and Security policy , there would have been no European response to Saddam Hussein 's aggression . |
| 11 | The torpedo must have been dropped in the Harbour — there would have been no other reason for entering the Harbour . |
| 12 | Had that principle ruled post-war planning , there would have been no new towns . |
| 13 | Here the occupants of the house would ascend to the first floor by way of the outside steps , as originally there would have been no inner staircase . |
| 14 | Without this theme , the novels might not have survived , let alone become minor classics ; but without characters properly created to promote the theme , there would have been no organic life in the books either . |
| 15 | Had this been the case , there would have been no Christian gospel to preach : no incarnation of the Son of God , no real solidarity between him and us , no expiatory death upon the cross . |
| 16 | Thus , but for their own agricultural ministry , there would have been no American criticism , nor would there have been such a well-publicised fillip for the Californian sparkling wine industry . |
| 17 | Had the King simply accepted MacDonald 's resignation , either there would have been no National Government , or , if there had been , it would not have been led by MacDonald . |
| 18 | Without the King 's initiative there would have been no National Government . |
| 19 | The cost of the trip will be £300/£350 per person , which as you can appreciate is no small sum . |
| 20 | It can have been no easy journey for the funeral procession of mourners and military volunteers as they followed the coffin up the steep climb to Catherine Hill Burial Ground that bleak Friday in February with the snow thick on the ground . |
| 21 | These disagreements themselves make it clear that there can have been no dramatic recovery which compensated for the losses from the fourteenth-century plagues ; any such marked increase would have left no scope for argument . |