Example sentences of "[is] no [noun] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no ship there is no Philippe for you to worry about , is there ? ’ |
| 2 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 3 | We are saying that , under the legislation for the trusts , there is no obligation for them to train , despite what the hon. Lady has said . |
| 4 | ‘ When he played in the second row there is no space for him to run into . |
| 5 | There is no provision for it to order a payment on account of costs . |
| 6 | Ms Bridges added : ‘ We have proved 100 per cent to our satisfaction that Norman Lamont was not in the Praed Street shop and there is no benefit for us to lie about it . |
| 7 | There is far more genuine material about than there is false or suspect ; and much is of such a nature that there is no temptation for anyone to forge it . |
| 8 | Still , that is no reason for me to advertise my acquaintance with such as yourself . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no reason for me to hide any longer . |
| 10 | Note that there is no reason for anyone to restrain their thoughts or their reflections on the reasons which apply to the case , nor are they necessarily debarred from criticising the arbitrator for having ignored certain reasons or for having been mistaken about their significance . |
| 11 | Yet there is no reason for anybody to believe that the company has behaved dishonourably . |
| 12 | ‘ Just because he wants to leave is no reason for us to strike a bargain price , ’ Bassett said yesterday . |
| 13 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 14 | Perhaps he walks on the right side , with just the metal grid fence separating him from the rolling fields of graves — in no hurry , since there is no class for him to make . |
| 15 | We must all join in this — there is no room for anyone to hang back . |
| 16 | If he can not balance and control his movements , it is no use for him to try to practise ‘ walking ’ with the help of therapists or nurses . |
| 17 | Where the dealer acted as counterparty to the contract he may be willing to unwind the contract with a customer but there is no incentive for him to do so at a competitive price . |
| 18 | Because enterprises receive the official , rather than the higher , black market , price , there is no incentive for them to increase production . |
| 19 | In this case their prediction model mimics the behaviour of the correct model so closely that there is no incentive for them to seek out further information to refine their predictions . |
| 20 | Regardless of what other people contribute , there is no incentive for you to contribute : you are a free-rider . |
| 21 | The KGB is answerable to no one and does not even need to attempt to justify what it does or how it does it , therefore there is no incentive for it to become more efficient . |
| 22 | There is no compulsion for them to vet their staff and no national organisation to control them . |
| 23 | Although you may select a borrowing limit of £3,000 , for example , there is no compulsion for you to withdraw that amount at once , or at all — you take out just as much as you want . |
| 24 | There is no need for me to live and die in this little world , with my only view a view out of the same window , at the same spruce-trees , the view from my bed . |
| 25 | And so on , and so forth , there is no need for me to elaborate further , you understand me well enough … ’ |
| 26 | There is no need for me to speak to Celia , ’ and I rang off . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps she knew we had proof of her treachery , but there is no need for her to fear our vengeance . ’ |
| 28 | Yet , Gaily told himself , there is no need for her to worry . |
| 29 | ‘ There is no need for them to slaughter me . |
| 30 | Given full rein to run as far as they want , the plants are living very well and do n't feel in any particular danger , so there is no need for them to waste energy by perpetuating the species and going to the trouble of producing flower and setting seed . |