Example sentences of "is no [noun sg] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is no scale for measuring our efficiency to smell . |
| 2 | 2 colour is to be used at Survival level and there is no cost for binding — the sheets will be shrink wrapped — or for stiff covers . |
| 3 | It is the greatest weakness of this wider view of accounting that there is no system for producing the data , which is verifiable in the way that double-entry bookkeeping is . |
| 4 | They have , sensibly , realised that the benefits from proceeding with caution outweigh the risks and there is no case for banning the practice outright . |
| 5 | But nothing is implied by the new study of the utility of AZT in the treatment of those in whom symptoms have already appeared ; there is no case for abandoning that treatment , at least on the evidence now available . |
| 6 | In the wider context Regan contends that , ‘ though the ( economic ) heavens fall ’ there is no case for protecting society ‘ if the protection in question involves violating the rights of others [ viz. farm animals ] ’ ( 1983 : 346–7 ) . |
| 7 | There is no excuse for holding a manuscript for a year in the review process . |
| 8 | At the other end of the scale the ‘ When in Rome do as the Romans ’ is no excuse for dropping to the level of a curse between every other word that is met in some otherwise honest circles . |
| 9 | Nowadays , there is no excuse for getting into trouble . |
| 10 | I do n't have to stress the danger of anyone moving about on a railway track ; ignorance is no excuse for trespassing on railway property and the warning notices are always abundant , which is the reason that the two men were so concerned , firstly for the person 's safety and secondly for the risk of a collision with a train and the undoubted injuries that would result . |
| 11 | Slower growth is no excuse for delaying the package . |
| 12 | There is no excuse for inflicting them on your fellow-citizens by saying it is done in a good cause . |
| 13 | But , as Mr Kaye points out , that is no excuse for making innocent people feel that they are criminals . |
| 14 | So there is no excuse for ignoring the chance to communicate . |
| 15 | Under both Buildings and Contents sections , if the home has been insufficiently furnished for full habitation or unoccupied for a period in excess of 30 days , there is no cover for bursting , leaking or overflowing , etc . |
| 16 | The IWC has said that there is no scope for slaughtering minke whales for fear that they might be driven into extinction . |
| 17 | This is no night for hanging about in the air . ’ |
| 18 | Unless there is personal identification and commitment , then there is no responsibility for making things work — one of the reasons for the generally poor attendance levels at meetings where governors present their annual report to parents is that the system is imposed on schools . |
| 19 | One is that any attempt to draw a line between the meaning of a word and ‘ encyclopaedic ’ facts concerning the extra-linguistic referents of the word would be quite arbitrary ; another is that there is no motivation for isolating ‘ pragmatic meaning ’ as a separate domain of lexical meaning . |
| 20 | At present , there is no provision for accommodating this diversity . |
| 21 | TCG is biased against the taxpayer and in favour of the Revenue , because losses can not be carried back and there is no provision for carrying forward unused annual exemptions nor for top-slicing ( spreading the gains over the years during which they have occurred ) . |
| 22 | There is no proposal for measuring accuracy of processing of dictionary text during production . |
| 23 | There is no formula for making profit , yet many executives think there is . |
| 24 | Note : For Random Access media , there is no penalty for overestimating the number of blocks value as it is possible for LIFESPAN to detect when the media is full . |
| 25 | There is no charge for using the Scheme . |
| 26 | There is no charge for upgrading binary licences to UTS 4 and users can run versions 2.1 and 4 for 90 days , for no additional fees , when migrating . |
| 27 | Unlike the Financial Times , there is no charge for marketing an opportunity on the ABN . |
| 28 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 29 | But that is no reason for trying to make them contradict each other . |
| 30 | On the other hand , there is no reason for thinking that Syagrius 's power ever extended beyond Soissons . |