Example sentences of "have no [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By and large , those conflicts which in practice have no tendency to be abused do not merit the deployment of scarce resources in order to eliminate them . |
| 2 | The police have no call to be pinning it on Harry . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You have no obligation to be healthy . ’ |
| 4 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
| 5 | I have no wish to be a scaremonger or an extremist . |
| 6 | ‘ All the same , I have no wish to be seen like this , ’ Edward said as if that were the end of the matter — but Richard heard the catch in his voice . |
| 7 | ‘ You are generous , sir , but I have no wish to be in your debt . ’ |
| 8 | It is because if I tell no one it will drive me mad , and I have no wish to be mad . |
| 9 | ‘ I have no wish to be regaled with reminiscences about your childhood , ’ he said scathingly . |
| 10 | Her core beliefs were ‘ I have no right to be alive ’ and , with somewhat convoluted logic , ‘ I am being forced to stay alive as a punishment for being born . ’ |
| 11 | I have no right to be seen as a figurehead , I must continue to earn that . |
| 12 | As a result we all feel we should have a say in its appearance , but as yet we have no right to be heard . |
| 13 | You have no right to be here . |
| 14 | In this country , even some of our popular newspapers have attacked all asylum seekers as cheats who have no right to be here . |
| 15 | Perhaps I 've ‘ grown ’ — more likely it is the fact that I have a wealth of female experience that other women are writing about , like myself ( unrecognised at present … ) so I have no need to be ‘ ashamed ’ any longer . |
| 16 | For the vast majority of individuals this is still the case and they have no need to be concerned about the changes described below . |
| 17 | ‘ If there is anything wrong then I have no need to be involved in it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You have no need to be anxious , you know . |
| 20 | ‘ Darling , you have no need to be jealous of him . ’ |
| 21 | You have no need to be , ’ Ven assured her . |
| 22 | Yet training and practice should make librarians different in one particular respect , otherwise we have no claim to be professionals . |
| 23 | I am an advocate of an arm 's length relationship with a Labour government and I have no desire to be knocking the door of No 10 on a whole range of issues . ’ |
| 24 | Visitors who have no desire to be educated will find that their enjoyment of such exhibitions is unimpaired . |
| 25 | I have no desire to be more badly hurt . ’ |
| 26 | Erm , I do n't think equality is being a man , I have no desire to be a man . |
| 27 | I have no desire to be watched over as though I were a child — but I promise I 'll let you know if I have any problems . ’ |
| 28 | BELVILLE : I have no reason to be ashamed of that duel you refer to since it was to save a friend , but suffer not your tongue to take too great a liberty with my Pamela . |
| 29 | ‘ Forgive me , my love , but you have no reason to be angry with Nan Ho . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you 're very sad , Tess , and you have no reason to be . |