Example sentences of "no place in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law of criminal libel is an unnecessary relic of the past which is now generally agreed to have no place in modern jurisprudence . |
| 2 | We are so used to hearing talk about the nervous system ‘ encoding ’ the outside world that it is easy to forget that this is a metaphor and it is one that has no place in serious philosophical discussion of the mind-body problem or the philosophy of perception . |
| 3 | Nevertheless they should have no place in pure classical ballets because they are largely acrobatic , and as such have a place only in certain modern works which discard the old conventions in order to display the athleticism and freedom of movement that today 's choreographers use as part of their material . |
| 4 | There seems to be no place in successful socialization for creative interaction that produces new meanings . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyone who resorts to tactics such as attempting to bribe match officials has no place in European football . ’ |
| 6 | It is also true that such high doses have no place in ordinary maintenance drug regimes . |
| 7 | The publicity spoke of there being no lesson in the film : Bogart was quoted as saying that ‘ if there is one thing that has no place in theatrical show it is an attempt to preach ’ , but no member of the audience could miss the point of this film . |
| 8 | The fact was that there was no place in British films for an actor of Burton 's particular quality and no director to take him up . |
| 9 | A firm believer that party politics has no place in local government , he was elected to represent Old Selkirk on the new regional council in 1974 as an independent , and served as vice-convener . |
| 10 | White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater reacted to Duke 's candidacy by claiming that he represented " the worst of American politics " , and stood for " bigotry , racism and other qualities that have no place in American political life " . |
| 11 | And one famous quote during a court case he presided over was : ‘ The old law of the eye for the eye and a tooth and for a tooth has no place in civilised society . ’ |
| 12 | In New Testament times women were largely uneducated , and had no legal rights and no place in public life . |
| 13 | But they had no place in public life , and we hear nothing about them in the Historia Novorum , which is concerned with events to which we must now turn . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't accept that this is an issue about the oversimplification of a debate — these theories of race and intelligence have no place in public discussion , particularly when they are being used in an attempt to discredit an argument about racial discrimination . ’ |