Example sentences of "[prep] no [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't unusual for no contract to be signed — we 've worked with Selina for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It would be foolish and dangerous for no action to be taken to combat air pollution , ’ said their Lordships , advocating that Britain should reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 30 per cent . |
| 3 | It is possible for the conclusion of an inductive argument to be false and for the premises to be true and yet for no contradiction to be involved . |
| 4 | Labelled like parcels — Caroline Wendy Willow and Nicholas Peter Willow — only with no address to be sent to . |
| 5 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 6 | The rich north , with no reason to be smug , would be wise to listen to the south but not , in the end , allow itself to be diverted from the blue to the red . |
| 7 | Embarrassment is under no obligation to be comic , though it is most naturally that , and as a fictional theme it is of inexhaustible power and seemingly unending appeal . |
| 8 | The legislation was to be centrally administered by the Board of Education ; it was in no way to be associated with the Poor Law . |
| 9 | By now it was obvious that this was in no way to be an ordinary class , but a performance . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're in no position to be giving me lectures . ’ |
| 11 | She was in one of her sloppy coveralls , which put her in no position to be critical . |
| 12 | It smelt like pure ammonia but I was in no position to be superior about it . |
| 13 | The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ . |
| 14 | Even so , Mr Mieno seems in no mood to be pushed into premature easing . |
| 15 | I was in no mood to be upbraided about my stupidity . |
| 16 | But Pat Milligan was in no mood to be mollified . |
| 17 | Branson felt in no mood to be conciliatory , let alone generous — even to Oldfield . |
| 18 | ‘ They wo n't , ’ she stormed , in no mood to be comforted . |
| 19 | And now the effort would be wasted , since its subject was in no condition to be either offended or amused . |
| 20 | Security on the door had reported a large black man demanding entry on behalf of a friend , a Sir Ralph Grunte , Member of Parliament , who was certainly in no condition to be in charge of a motor car . |
| 21 | It is speculated that he is in no hurry to be released . |
| 22 | Suddenly she was in no hurry to be anywhere but where she was . |
| 23 | ‘ Aziz is a shifty fellow , ’ Mr Malik had said , ‘ and he is on no account to be allowed near Hasan . |
| 24 | Oh dear no ! says Godwin : ‘ an enlightened person ought by no consideration to be prevailed upon to settle in Portugal ; and , if he were there already , ought to quit the country with all convenient speed ’ . |