Example sentences of "may have no " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may have no choice but to do so , though I believe that the change has been more damaging than beneficial . |
| 2 | To be more specific , the gene R in Figure 5 , which makes recombination possible , may have no effect at all on the survival of an organism in which it finds itself , or on the number of offspring produced ; what R can affect is only the particular kinds of genes with which it will be associated in future generations . |
| 3 | The questions are hard because a recombinational event may have no effect on the fitness of the individual in which it occurs , but only on what other genes a particular gene will associate with in future generations . |
| 4 | They must also ensure that educational adaptation corresponds to local circumstances rather than simply to national value systems which may have no positive role in helping people to develop their own resources . |
| 5 | If so the requirement may be unjustified and the government may have no authority to impose it ( see the next paragraph for the difference between these possibilities ) . |
| 6 | He may have no reason to acknowledge the authority of the government over him regarding the road worthiness of his car . |
| 7 | He may have no reason to acknowledge the government 's authority over him regarding the conditions under which parents may leave their children unattended by adults . |
| 8 | Another and widely spread practice is for the head of a laboratory to add his name automatically to any paper published from it , though he may have no contribution at all to the work . |
| 9 | Research in any of the sciences , including medicine , may be totally ‘ unproductive ’ ; it may have no immediate bearing on making , mending , or curing . |
| 10 | In many the majority may have no religion at all , and may be totally sceptical about the necessity for there to exist any such thing . |
| 11 | Alternatively the council may write to the prisoner to say that his/her tenancy can not be held any longer with the result that the prisoner may have no home to go to when released . |
| 12 | In some areas , Christians may have no alternative but to plead guilty to this charge . |
| 13 | Retail outlets in towns and busy shopping centres , which face tougher competition , spend more on advertising than a village shop , which may have no competitors nearby . |
| 14 | But scientists and lay practitioners alike must recognise that the terms and concepts used in alternative systems of medicine may have no exact equivalent in Western medicine , and must to some extent be-seen as metaphors ; and that standard ways of assessing therapy , notably by the double-blind controlled trial , may simply not be applicable to many alternative systems . |
| 15 | Part-time stepchildren may have no room to themselves in their weekend or holiday family . |
| 16 | The distinction between the first two is blurred by the fact that more than one principal working together with another will de facto be in partnership even though they may have no formal agreement between them . |
| 17 | When children are unable to find work they may have no option but to stay at home . |
| 18 | Short-term unemployment may have no serious effect on an individual ; long-term unemployment can be devastating . |
| 19 | They may have no religious beliefs , or may be looking for a much simpler ceremony . |
| 20 | It is the latter 's contention that Ultimate Concern , the holy or unconditional , expresses itself in a variety of forms : in painting , which may have no religious content in the traditional sense ; in philosophy , when attempts are made to understand the nature of ultimate reality ; in ideologies which might normally be regarded as secular , such as , nationalism , socialism and humanism ; and in traditional religions . |
| 21 | Stein said : ‘ I may have no money and no authority but I have got my principles . |
| 22 | Stein said : ‘ I may have no money and no authority but I have my principles . |
| 23 | Normal accounting principles require the company to make provision for the onerous lease , because it is effectively a liability that may have no corresponding economic benefit in the future . |
| 24 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 25 | Indeed , various areas may have no such groups . |
| 26 | If people refuse to move ( despite inducements ) the employer may have no option but to dismiss them . |
| 27 | The fact that we may have no reason to say of someone looking at a blue flower that it looks blue to him does not mean that it does not look blue to him . |
| 28 | Small children may have no choice about being included , but could develop strong feelings about it as they grow up . |
| 29 | Intangible economic benefits : A large proportion of CMEA imports may have no suitable or readily equivalent Western substitute : the CMEA product mix is geared to the requirements of Soviet industry which , as we have noted in Chapter 2 , may differ from those in the West ; and Western equipment may require complementary products or particular production methods which can be introduced into the Soviet environment only at some effort and expense . |
| 30 | ‘ SHOULD membership and market not unite behind this plan then Lloyd 's may have no future . ’ |