Example sentences of "[conj] they have no " in BNC.

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1 What it meant in human terms was that black UK citizens excluded from their own country ( Britain ) were and still are being forced to live in countries where they have no right to live or work .
2 UK businesses registrable for VAT in other member states , where they have no establishment , will need to appoint a tax representative in those countries , or consider registering there .
3 People who come from the outside world inhabit the periphery , where they have no cattle and live an inferior life .
4 Although they have no bones or skeleton , they are very strong .
5 As such , it should command the attention even of readers who feel that they have no time for the art .
6 But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’
7 Personally I do n't think it is traditions which are weighing them down but the fact that they have no support at home .
8 Since in general ‘ politics ’ should not be discussed in school , it is easy for teachers to claim that they have no strong opinions about subjects like , say , the National Front .
9 It must not be assumed that the absence of a 24-hour rhythm in newborn babies means that they have no rhythms at all .
10 Unfortunately life is never simple — the Stores Platoon confirms that they have no Challenger engines in stock and that the next one is not expected for three or four days ; improvisation will obviously be needed if the Blues and Royals are to have all their tanks working .
11 But this does not mean that they have no essence from which their characteristic properties arise .
12 Here , though it is not true that they have no food , for they still have their daily supplies of the ‘ worthless ’ manna , they remain without water , and , manna or no manna , death would seem to stare them in the face .
13 The answer is simple ; there need be no judge and no moral dilemma if parents and doctors accept that they have no more right to end the life of a handicapped child than they do for any child which enters this world .
14 [ it ] is in the worst possible taste , and , like overdressing in public places , indicates that they have no other place to show their finery .
15 For years we in this country have been accustomed to say ‘ American education is superficial ’ or ‘ the trouble with American students is that they have no idea of scholarship ’ .
16 It is also seen as a way in to paid CAB work for black workers who might not normally be economically able to volunteer but through circumstances beyond their control find that they have no choice .
17 The conclusion on predators is therefore that they have minimal effects on small mammal populations when numbers are high , that they have no braking effect when numbers are increasing , that they may have some effect when numbers are declining , but their major effect is when numbers are low , when they may also delay the recovery phase of the population cycle ( Southern , 1979 ) .
18 Another worry is that the existence of guaranteed compensation will encourage some farmers to apply for grants for operations that they have no real intention of carrying out , simply in order to become eligible for compensation .
19 They may also feel that they have no right to put their children at risk by making them passive smokers .
20 Immaturity does not mean that they have no worthwhile ideas .
21 By our attitudes we sometimes suggest that they have no ideas at all .
22 The common tendency of all of these people is to be so concerned with manipulating others to meet their needs that they have no time to minister to their partner 's needs .
23 For some , homesickness is so bad during the first few months that they have no alternative but to go back home again .
24 People may be surprised , and in fact say that they have no ambition or goal in their Christian life .
25 Whilst it is conceivable that some of these jobs will be craft based and thus provide an outlet for some initiative and self activism , the significant reality will be that they have no economic power and no industrial muscle .
26 It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poor , so that … the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting .
27 It is easy to say one of two things : either that such women find an outlet for their mothering instincts through other channels , or that they have no place for the mothering urge within their lives .
28 It is tempting to say that they have no function besides advancing the story or embellishing the characters , no value outside their immediate context .
29 They feel that they have no future towards which to strive .
30 Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist .
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