Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , however , to say that the wishes of 16- and 17-year-olds are to be treated as no different from those of 14- and 15-year-olds . |
| 2 | If all the health authorities performed at the same rate as the top 25 per cent. , an additional 186,000 patients could be treated at no extra cost . |
| 3 | But the realization that his own civilization is extinguishing cultures of ‘ savages ’ possessed of coherent ways of living prompts him to demand that civilization be considered in no narrow perspective . |
| 4 | Green belts were made feasible by the land use planning system established by the Town and Country Planning Act , 1947 : local authorities were obliged to prepare development plans showing land use allocations and , because of the compensation provisions , green belts could be included at no direct cost to local authorities . |
| 5 | Above all they believe that that must be said of Christ which is to be said of no other human being . |
| 6 | On close examination by the American Consumers ' Union , some of these switches were found to be connected to no vital function of the machine whatever . |
| 7 | The Weimar Republic suffered the same fate : ‘ not only the total triumph of Hitler , but also the more moderate anti-parliamentarians of de Gaulle can be attributed in no small degree to malaise about the discontinuity in the politics of parliamentary governments ’ . |
| 8 | We 'll never be mastered by no northern bastards . |
| 9 | In particular , the Full Moon in your opposite sign of Aries on the 14th may prove to be tense , and even a little tearful , but partners , employers and family members alike must be told in no uncertain terms that you intend to do things your way or not at all . |
| 10 | If the right hon. Member for Aylesbury ( Sir T. Raison ) inquires of the trustees and directors of either the national or the Tate he will be told in no uncertain terms that it is extremely unsatisfactory that they can not acquire the sort of painting that they need to keep their collections fresh and up to date . |
| 11 | But So far the Serbs seem not to care about their world image so the MP suggests they need to be told in no uncertain terms . |
| 12 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 13 | They want the thing to be sorted out properly in Brussels and they want the French authorities to be told in no uncertain terms that it 's their job to control the activities of their farmers . |
| 14 | Editor , — Stephen Brearley 's editorial agreeing with the Medical Manpower Standing Advisory Committee 's recommendations to increase annual intake of medical students by almost 500 a year and to increase total numbers of NHS doctors by 1000 a year ( 1% ) to 112000 by 2010 seem to be based on no reliable evidence . |
| 15 | While , on the face of it , his case might rest on its being detrimental to his career to suggest that he is at death 's door , it seems likely that much of the evidence , especially for the defence , will be called to no other purpose than to establish whether , to put it mor euphemistically than it will be put in court , he has been putting himself about . |
| 16 | Astrid Klein 's work addresses the imagination — not the slogan-reading part of the brain — because , in her words , " if the danger is inside , it can be reached in no other way " . |
| 17 | It has style ( Michelotti 's ) , a luxurious , timber-encrusted cabin ( with hard and soft headgear ) , six speeds to play with ( four , plus two overdrive on the manual , though many Stags had three-speed automatic transmission ) and a burbling V8 engine that can be found in no other car . |
| 18 | He had been through hell in the course of duty ; he had made sacrifices that would be asked of no other human being . |
| 19 | If the adventurers walk out , the ‘ MC ’ puppet launches a Fire Ball at them from his cane ( the cane stores three such spells which can be cast with no Magic Point cost ) as they are in the doorway . |
| 20 | This for him came to symbolize the futility of the war , which seemed to be fought for no discernible purpose , between opponents whose essential common humanity was denied by the mass slaughter . |
| 21 | Under this considerable pressure and criticism Muskie seemed to be left with no political option but to enter the game of policy escalation . |
| 22 | It seems extraordinary that circulars should be issued with no public health promotional material and no infrastructure available for the delivery of the recommended supplements . |
| 23 | Ex. 8 its brilliance would be enhanced in no small degree by the presence of the open E string of the 2nd violins . |
| 24 | Again the date 1930 appears to be deprived from no known authority and to be quite arbitrary . |
| 25 | Midlife is a time to come to terms with the past so that the future can be faced with no unfinished business to block the way ahead . |
| 26 | Even the en suite bathroom of the bedroom she shared with Emily could be described by no other word than glorious ! |