Example sentences of "be no [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 'd been no call for him to attend . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |
| 6 | Two carriages took the Bradford family to early morning service , though it would have been no distance for them to walk . |
| 7 | While studying spinning in Huddersfield ( as part of her degree course in textile design at Middlesex Polytechnic ) there had been no time for her to try out the machine , so the then sceptical technician told her to come back later . |
| 8 | As there had been no time for it to be considered , the hearing was adjourned until November 1990 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | There had been no need for her to write that letter . |
| 12 | There has been no sentiment for it . |
| 13 | Muti 's Romeo and Giulietta were Agnes Baltsa and Edita Gruberova , and I 'm afraid that Diana Montague and Katia Ricciarelli on the new set are no match for them . |
| 14 | The PLAYER stands with huge , terrible eyes , clutches at the wound as the blade withdraws : he makes small weeping sounds and falls to his knees , and then right down : While he is dying , GUIL , nervous , high , almost hysterical , wheels on the TRAGEDIANS ) If we have a destiny , then so had he — and if this is ours , then that was his — and if there are no explanation for us , then let there be none for him ( The TRAGEDIANS watch the PLAYER die : they watch with some interest . |
| 15 | ‘ If Boz goes ahead with his revenge there 'll be no protection for him , or any hiding . |
| 16 | In the case of a large community this may be less significant , but where a small community is described there can be no anonymity for anyone . |
| 17 | It would be no problem for her to make a meal for two , or suggest he bring a take-away , and , prior to this morning , she felt she probably would have agreed to that . |
| 18 | In which case there would be no capital for him to start up again other than Tommy 's back pay and a few pounds he 'd managed to save himself . |
| 19 | There must also be no opportunity for anyone to claim that you have been given , or are giving , preferential treatment which puts you or others at an advantage , for example , over other organisations who may be tendering for the same work or other colleagues working for the organisation . |
| 20 | Happy New Year everybody , although it 'll be no holiday for me . |
| 21 | I believe that millions of people in this country will acknowledge that there would be no choice for them if there were a Labour Government . |
| 22 | There 'll be no chance for me getting a job . |
| 23 | There would be no mercy for her now . |
| 24 | Hope and foreboding struggled in him and drove him , and there would be no peace for him until he saw his father 's grave immaculate and at peace still , and knew quite certainly that Isambard had lied . |
| 25 | There would be no sleep for him tonight . |
| 26 | If you 're a Gloucester rugby fan there 'll be no sleep for you tonight will there … tomorrow 's game against Saracens could be the most vital this season … it could be the most important for years |
| 27 | There will be no bedding for you … ’ |
| 28 | Farmers over another 22,400 hectares , would merely be given advice and asked to use less fertiliser ; there would be no money for them , and no other sanctions ( The Swells , Gloucestershire ; Bircham and Fring , Norfolk ; Sedgeford , Norfolk ; Fowlmere , Cambs ; Far Baulker , Notts ; Dotton and Colaton , Devon ; Cringle Brook , Lincs and Leics ; and Bourne Brook , Warwicks ) . |
| 29 | More sophisticated versions argue or imply that there can be no excuse for their actions , that they have lost whatever case they had by their conduct . |
| 30 | And one of the most experienced U-boat commanders , Adalbert Schnee , who had been on sixteen patrols and later became a member of Dönitz 's staff , gave evidence that it was contrary to orders to kill survivors and that there could be no excuse for what Eck had done . |