Example sentences of "no [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't unusual for no contract to be signed — we 've worked with Selina for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 3 | This time there was no money to be won , and before term finished he went to see his professor , William Fleming . |
| 4 | And true to form Flippin Shytalk roars across the line to win again … the National Championship should be their 's this summer … they defy the dangers week in week out … there 's no money to be won just fun to be had … |
| 5 | But , despite throwing the machine round some corners behind the Old Kent Road , there is no chirp to be heard . |
| 6 | The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ . |
| 7 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there is no case to be made for taxpayers ' money being used to prop up Boris Yeltsin , who will turn out to be the David Owen of Russia ? |
| 8 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 9 | What happens to the grief reaction when there has been little warning of the impending death , or for various reasons , where there has been no opportunity to be involved in the preparation process ? |
| 10 | George felt anxious that he had had no opportunity to be alone with Tamar , and so there had been no chance of warning her about the groom . |
| 11 | If there really is no choice then there is no decision to be made , so it is only a waste of time to pretend that there is . |
| 12 | Or a manufacturer could specify minimum quantity ( quantity forcing ) , or details of service and demonstration facilities , or quality criteria ( e.g. no hamburger to be sold more than two minutes after being cooked ) . |
| 13 | This suggests to us that there 's probably no advantage to be gained from further tinkering with the law . |
| 14 | Carers can not receive another contributory or non-contributory benefit as well as ICA ; and ICA is deducted in full from means-tested income support and housing benefits , so that some carers receiving these latter benefits may see no advantage to be gained from claiming ICA . |
| 15 | There is no advantage to be gained by Opposition Members seeking to defend the indefensible . |
| 16 | The three teams ' fixtures would be rescheduled for Sunday , May 9 , with the same kick-off time so there was no advantage to be gained . |
| 17 | It was no crime to be ambitious and greedy . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's no crime to be curious ! ’ |
| 19 | On the days when he used to leave her a note in the morning she knew well enough that there was no good to be hoped for in replying to it . |
| 20 | And now the effort would be wasted , since its subject was in no condition to be either offended or amused . |
| 21 | Security on the door had reported a large black man demanding entry on behalf of a friend , a Sir Ralph Grunte , Member of Parliament , who was certainly in no condition to be in charge of a motor car . |
| 22 | It wo n't do him no harm to be out of his mother 's apron-strings fer a bit longer . |
| 23 | There was no intention to be insulting — quite the reverse — but it might readily be inferred that the defendant must have realised and did realise that his homosexual overtures might not be welcomed by the person at whom he was directing them . |
| 24 | There was no intention to be secretive about the Iraqi contract and there is no cover up . |
| 25 | ‘ It would be foolish and dangerous for no action to be taken to combat air pollution , ’ said their Lordships , advocating that Britain should reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 30 per cent . |
| 26 | Then , you know , it might be a nice little picture but it 's no compliment to be likened to sheep ! |
| 27 | It was never to make a living , because there was no living to be made . |
| 28 | He is not a devious or deceitful man , and he has no ambition to be an actor . |
| 29 | The American critics were usually poets themselves ; Leavis made no attempt to be a creative writer — though he has been claimed as such by Ian Robinson — but his own criticism emerged from the Cambridge milieu of the twenties , where Eliot was a dominant influence . |
| 30 | The other girls disliked her for her outstanding looks and her haughty ways and made no attempt to be friendly on anything but the most superficial level and the pattern cutters and sewing hands hurried home to their families and boyfriends the moment they finished their long day 's work . |