Example sentences of "[be] [prep] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been through no fault of local authorities , according to Noel Towe of the Local Government Drugs Forum . |
| 2 | ‘ I am of no consequence , only a Catholic priest , doing my duty . |
| 3 | My Bible instruction to the lad had been of no avail . |
| 4 | There were entire countries , reigns , religions , philosophical systems , centuries , species and schools of art contained in its files , which had been of no interest whatsoever to the human race since it emptied its records , museums and libraries into their Al dump bin . |
| 5 | She supports the Christian Democrats ( CDU ) , who until recently have been of no consequence at all in Lauchhammer . |
| 6 | ‘ If my memory serves me correct , it was you who declared that it had been of no consequence and to wipe it out , ’ he said , the adoring fiancé replaced by an aloof accuser . |
| 7 | As she grew up , her father had been of no account to her . |
| 8 | Of those it is worth singling out D. 32.95 and D. 33.2.34.1 , in which the jurist indicates ( in the first case implicitly , in the second explicitly ) that the use of the clause has turned out to have crucial consequences for the effectiveness of the testator 's will : for without it his will or some of its dispositions would have been of no force . |
| 9 | Or , if prototype wingflaps worked to break the animal 's fall , you can not say " Below a certain size the flaps would have been of no use at all " . |
| 10 | I think that one important strand in the rejection of feminism by many women has been a feeling that feminists are saying that their lives have been of no value , and that their activities and concerns have been trivial . |
| 11 | ( We hear of farmers alarmed to learn from 1 Cor. 9 : 9 that ‘ oxen are of no concern to God ’ . ) |
| 12 | Finally , it is misleading to suggest that these relationships between government and the various private sectors are of no concern to the local housing authorities . |
| 13 | Most of these relate to mortgages of land and are of no concern here . |
| 14 | Simple endorsements of one or another nostrum are of no service to the teaching of reading ’ . |
| 15 | If diligence , persistence , and commitment are lacking , talent , ingenuity , and knowledge are of no avail . |
| 16 | If the omission to apply for a licence or lodge and intimate an objection extends beyond the quarterly meeting of the board the subsections , of course , are of no avail . |
| 17 | Indeed , if X buys goods and passes them as a gift to Y , those implied terms are of no benefit at all to Y because Y was not a party to the contract of sale , Heil v. Hedges ( 1951 ) ( K.B. ) . |
| 18 | Yes , we 're very very pleased actually , I mean we were pleased with the fact that we were able to contribute to it because one of the nice things about working , for us , working for the Jordanian water authority , was that the Jordanians themselves have put so much commitment into this er situation , they 're , so much of their own resources and energy has gone into looking after , you know , very large groups of people who really are of no benefit to the country whatsoever . |
| 19 | Paragraphs ( e ) and ( f ) are self-explanatory and are of no relevance to this case . |
| 20 | This paradox is explained by the fact that the figures are of no relevance to the operation of the housing department throughout the rest of the year . |
| 21 | The issues of Al are fascinating and of enormous social importance , but they are largely over looked in the wallow of ‘ gee-wizz ’ about things that are of no significance . |
| 22 | No , it did n't form part of it and erm if it were to be done it would be having , shall we say , a political impact , but the sums are of such a nature that they are of no significance in the context of the budget as a whole . |
| 23 | Graduated or additional pensions are of no help to a divorced partner of either sex , as these are earnings related and , therefore , only benefit the individual who has earned and paid for them . |
| 24 | The sort of criteria which we used for paradigmatic delimitation are of no help here . |
| 25 | All the sharp criteria and clear theoretical thinking in the world are of no help without good experimental model systems in which they can be explored . |
| 26 | They did not deal with situations where the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 could apply and , in my judgment , they are of no assistance here . |
| 27 | Leapor 's intellectual attainments are of no importance , and her poetic skills only obstruct her proper work in the kitchen . |
| 28 | A number of studies have dispelled the notion that they are of no importance in the British system . |
| 29 | These are true paradoxes , and morphine metabolites are of no importance . |
| 30 | Dandelions are natives of Europe and Asia , and botanically they form a difficult and much varied group with many microspecies , but for the herbalist 's purposes , these are of no moment . |