Example sentences of "[verb] been no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all Christians , those of the Orthodox family have remained the most conservative , Their cultural roots go back to the Byzantine Empire and there has been no event for them comparable to the Reformation or Vatican II . |
| 2 | This means that members in the Republic of Ireland who are over twenty five years of age and have more than a three year no claim bonus have had no increase in premium for over three years and for all other policyholder there has been no increase for over two years . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , there has been no money for the activities of the East Europe sub-group , which was to have built on the Presidential visits of the previous year . |
| 4 | But like you , he has been talking to my shipping office in Monaco and learns that there has been no communication for four days . |
| 5 | This area to São Vicente is very sparsely populated and the road Passes through numerous tunnels and past cascading waterfalls , some of which give you a free car-wash , even in the summer when there has been no rain for months . |
| 6 | They have been able to work in government service , even in the army , and there has been no need for work permits . |
| 7 | There has been no sentiment for it . |
| 8 | But erm er I I I I really feel very strongly about this that we all know that democracy does n't just consist of electing a a national parliament once in five years , we all know the strength of democracy comprises that where the complex of local institutions of local bodies made up of people serving in different ways , not necessarily elected , that is what comprises democracy and it is that which is being undermined again by this measure in this in this Bill and I do say to Your Lordships that for the reasons given by both my Noble Friends er Lord and by , by the Noble Lord , Lord Lord er that there has been no demand for this |
| 9 | In consequence , even when the insider retires and ostensibly leaves the family , he will be expected to maintain his silence , and although bland hagiographic biography has been acceptable in the past , there has been no place for the espionage of critical ethnography . |
| 10 | There 'd been no call for him to attend . |
| 11 | There 'd been no shooting for a long while . |
| 12 | If anything had gone wrong , there might have been no chances for another . |
| 13 | Two carriages took the Bradford family to early morning service , though it would have been no distance for them to walk . |
| 14 | said the performance of the Courtaulds staff was outstanding and , had the emergency been real , there would have been no consequences for the general public or the environment . |
| 15 | There 'd have been no comebacks for the station . |
| 16 | There would have been no time for another member of the crew to try to take over the controls . |
| 17 | There would have been no need for the action we have taken had you been reasonable . |
| 18 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 19 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |
| 20 | ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you . |
| 21 | There would have been no need for the clumsy intervention of verbal explanations . |
| 22 | Mr Manwaring would have been no match for the fit 25-year-old van driver , who boxed and played badminton , said prosecution . |
| 23 | There would thus have been no grounds for a statutory demand under s 268(1) ( a ) Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 24 | In the confusion of 1945 and ‘ 46 , there would have been no means for her to trace him . |
| 25 | Had there been , there could have been no room for doubt . |
| 26 | If polar bears are dominant in the Arctic , then there would seem to have been no need for them to evolve a white-coloured form of camouflage . |
| 27 | There seems to have been no motive for the attack . |
| 28 | Although there appears to have been no prosecution for attempted affray , there is no reason in principle why the inchoate offence should not apply . |
| 29 | Even his marriage to Primaflora in some way had charmed them although , of course , there had been no opportunity for her to visit either Episkopi or Kouklia . |
| 30 | Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her . |