Example sentences of "there [be] to [be] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 2 | And there are to be no special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 3 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 4 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 5 | There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly . |
| 6 | Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology . |
| 7 | There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 9 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 10 | Surely all political parties would do well to agree that there is to be no political vacuum in Northern Ireland and that we are determined to fight for peace as the future of Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | In words aimed at the US president , Bill Clinton , he said : ‘ The Balkanisation of the region is coming if there is to be no peaceful settlement . |
| 12 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |
| 13 | If there is to be no common musical material we are going to find ourselves with something which , however distinguished , is not distinguishable , and which is therefore of questionable value . |
| 14 | There is to be no widespread review of the prices , profits and performance of the utilities , despite the original proposal in the Government 's draft document issued before the publication of the citizens charter : ’ The Government will therefore in consultation with the regulators review the performance of the utility companies the results of the review willl be published ’ . |
| 15 | For Walt Disney 's child-star Bobby Driscoll from Song of the South , there was to be no long-term future . |
| 16 | In 1941 he stood as an independent candidate in four by-elections ; but although he retained his deposit on each occasion , there was to be no political comeback for this highly cantankerous patriot . |
| 17 | There was to be no all-powerful central state apparatus , and political leaders were to be given no blank cheques ; on the contrary , they were to be hedged in by a complex , decentralized and fragmented system designed to prevent any one leader or group of leaders from becoming excessively powerful . |
| 18 | There was to be no heroic , story-book recovery . |
| 19 | There was to be no real rapport — with Peter Cook allegedly burning the first Oz in a Soho pub — until the Oz trial five years later . |
| 20 | There was to be no stunned silence , no aghast staring and , it seemed , no dramatic response from Greg . |
| 21 | As in other Western European countries north of Italy , there was to be no pre-emptive national closure policy . |
| 22 | There was to be no Indian miracle , however , as left-armer Mike Whitney swept the batting aside , taking 7 for 27 on his way to match figures of 11 for 95 , his first 10-wicket haul in first-class cricket . |
| 23 | There was to be no eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation this time . |
| 24 | There was to be no single avant-garde style , so that adroit composers could take what they needed without prejudice from whatever the source , be it neo-romantic or minimalist , serialism or tonality . |
| 25 | But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees . |
| 26 | There was to be no limping between two opinions . |