Example sentences of "it be no [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 It 's no criticism of his book to say that his view from within remains , as mine did from without , unmistakably English .
2 His successor as curator , Arthur T. Bolton [ q.v. ] , claimed that ‘ it is no disrespect to his distinguished predecessors in that office to assert that he was the best curator that ever held that position of trust ’ , an opinion that was shared by ( Sir ) John Summerson , who succeeded Bolton .
3 It is no denigration of his immense achievement to point to these real difficulties which it raises .
4 It is no concern of his if the city is stubborn , and suffers .
5 It was no affair of his that she had left the London studio in the capable hands of her assistant .
6 It was no part of his duty to say — nor did he purport to say — whether in his judgment the billeting of the 70 men at the colliery was necessary for the prevention of violence or the protection of the mines from criminal injury .
7 The chivalry towards women which gentleman were supposed to possess — but often did n't — was a very real part of Neil 's nature , and , having seen what was happening , he could not stand by , or walk away , telling himself that it was no business of his .
8 By the Act of Uniformity of 1662 the Chancellor had the right to suspend the schoolmaster on religious grounds , but it was no business of his whom the Company should appoint .
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