Example sentences of "no [pron] [vb mod] [be] found " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is probable that no one would be found to dissent from this proposition [ the fundamental importance of the teaching of the English language ] , in which the meaning of the word English is limited to the language itself as a means of communication . |
| 2 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 3 | The branch obtained last year from Chirbury to Minsterley remains with its ground unbroken , and yet the directors of the Bishop 's Castle are not ashamed to appear in Parliament with a demand to use so much of the Cambrian as will permit the former to effect communication with the Mid-Wales , another abortion over which no one can be found to preside save Mr Whalley , and which has not yet ventured to publish a return of traffic , or to submit an account of its income and expenditure for public inspection . |
| 4 | No one could be found after the sale to say that it was crazy to pay sums of up to £40,000 for garnitures which until recently were as deeply unfashionable in the English house as the aspidistra . |
| 5 | Merceron promptly resigned as treasurer ; but no one could be found to take his place , and he was re-elected in 1805 . |