Example sentences of "that no [noun] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noting that the lens and pupil of the eye were ‘ so finely shaped and fitted for vision that no artist can mend them , ’ Newton asked whether blind chance could have known sufficient of light and its refraction to have effected the design . |
| 2 | The truth is , of course , that no hypnotherapist can make you do anything . |
| 3 | If we should wish to tell you how every one behaved himself in this battle , it is a thing which could not be done , for all did so well that no man can relate their feats . |
| 4 | And a woman who finds that no man can love her . |
| 5 | Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable . |
| 6 | The separation between the two components is only about 35000000 kilometres , so that no telescope can show them separately , and each must be egg-shaped . |
| 7 | With this aim in view , he makes explicit that what the sceptics deny is the possibility of knowledge of ‘ the inner nature of things … what the things are in themselves ’ ; when they say that there is no criterion of truth , ‘ they are not speaking of what things appear to be and of what is revealed by the senses … but of what things are in themselves , which is so hidden that no criterion can disclose it ’ . |
| 8 | A common fault is that the roof space is not effectively isolated from its neighbours — the party wall must be fully complete up to the rafters and roof tiles so that no smoke can penetrate it . |
| 9 | Is it defined in terms of the sexuality of ( say ) the individual or artist who expresses or possesses it — and does that mean that no nonhomosexual can possess/express it ? |