Example sentences of "it be no [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would suggest to this conference and more importantly to this government , that that is no way to lift this country out of the recession and it 's no way for us to run an economy . |
| 2 | Well , it 's no sight for a lady , that I do know . |
| 3 | It 's no fun for the spectators either . |
| 4 | It 's no fun for me to be away from my family , away from home . |
| 5 | It 's no fun for my colleagues to be away . |
| 6 | It 's no life for a lady . |
| 7 | It 's no life for her here . |
| 8 | I 'm sure she 'd like a wee turn out and it 's no problem for me to look after the twins . ’ |
| 9 | If Strandli is not includeed in Norway 's WC-squad it 's no diasaster for him . |
| 10 | It 's no joke for a kid , it could happen to any of us . " |
| 11 | ‘ Right , ’ Ben said solemnly , ‘ but for now can I wait by here for you and walk you back home , it 's no time for a young lady to be out alone . ’ |
| 12 | " It 's no time for niceties of etiquette when there are lives at stake , Willoughby . |
| 13 | Transend Professional is a solid comms program but it 's no match for the latest Window-based fax software |
| 14 | What comment has the minister to make on this example of corporate ethics or does she like the Prime Minister believe it 's no matter for her ? |
| 15 | Once a hop 's lost its ‘ rub ’ then it 's no use for brewing — it must have an oily stickiness . ’ |
| 16 | Mhm , frozen , and you 've , by the time you 've thawed it in forty eight hours , it 's no use for Christmas time , that 's |
| 17 | Apart from the barmaid , we were the only women there , and the two youngest women in our group had a long discussion : one defended the secret solidarity of the men , the other said , " it 's no place for a woman , I could n't stand it . " |
| 18 | It is no defence for the officer to say he does not know and can not with reasonable diligence find out who the driver was . |
| 19 | An employer is liable for the offence of ‘ using ’ an unlicensed vehicle if the vehicle is driven on his business and it is no defence for the employer to show that he had not authorised the journey if , in fact , the journey was on his business ( Richardson v Baker [ 1976 ] RTR 56 ) . |
| 20 | It is no defence for the director to say that he was absent when the play was performed , unless he can take advantage of the special defence that he did not know , and had no reason to suspect , that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour . |
| 21 | It is suggested that where a woman demonstrates her lack of consent , it is no hardship for a man to enquire whether her consent is present and that as a matter of policy the law should demand that he do so . |
| 22 | As everyone knows who has translated from a foreign language , it is no excuse for a bad translation that the meaning chosen was found in the dictionary ; for the document may be its own dictionary , showing an intention to use words in some special shade of meaning . |
| 23 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 24 | It is no doubt for this reason that the Syrian foreign minister , Farouk at-Shara , has gone out of his way to emphasise that continued Syrian support depends on the way in which the West responds to what Syria perceives to be the fundamental problem of Middle Eastern security — the Arab-Israeli dispute and the Palestinian issue . |
| 25 | But although graft is indispensable , it is no replacement for raw talent . |
| 26 | It is no panacea for the teacher with discipline problems , but has its contribution to make to one of them . |
| 27 | Tariq Ali contributes a feature to the paper , in which he asks ‘ could it happen here ? ’ and concludes ‘ the situation is not the same … but it is no time for complacency in Britain . ’ |
| 28 | If he can not balance and control his movements , it is no use for him to try to practise ‘ walking ’ with the help of therapists or nurses . |
| 29 | It is no job for a shy mouse , and some of us have been sad to come across schools which have preferred to appoint inexperienced and nervous introverts rather than business-like mature librarians with a clear idea of their role . |
| 30 | But it is no substitute for social justice . |