Example sentences of "have been no need " in BNC.

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1 Up until now there has been no need to believe that neutrinos have any mass at all .
2 They have been able to work in government service , even in the army , and there has been no need for work permits .
3 Equally , there has been no need or opportunity to discuss concepts of rights in detail , since there are no entrenched constitutional provisions to serve as an automatic focus of attention .
4 For the devout Christian , there has been no need to reconcile fact and faith , history and theology , simply because he has never had any reason to believe that a distinction between them might exist .
5 There has been no need to supplement the Chair 's VDU with printers or copiers or to provide expensive video projection or multiple large-screen monitors to allow the whole Committee to view such data .
6 There 'd been no need to unpack properly , because tomorrow she 'd be leaving , of course .
7 There 'd been no need to behave like a fool .
8 There would have been no need for the action we have taken had you been reasonable .
9 Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity .
10 ‘ If she 'd stuck to the patterns , ’ said my mother , ‘ there 'd have been no need , but Cynthia had to fiddle with them . ’
11 There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried .
12 ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you .
13 There would have been no need for the clumsy intervention of verbal explanations .
14 Had Robinson 's throw from mid-on hit the stumps , there would have been no need to call on third umpire Chris Balderstone and TV replays for a verdict .
15 If polar bears are dominant in the Arctic , then there would seem to have been no need for them to evolve a white-coloured form of camouflage .
16 There had been no need for her to write that letter .
17 There had been no need to pretend , to turn aside .
18 When they were young there had been no need to lock the gun room .
19 Crawford , now 30 , was eligible for military service , but as volunteers were eager to join up during 1914–16 there had been no need to impose conscription in New Zealand .
20 Hope flicked his head to one side as if dodging a blow : there had been no need to slaughter those two old booby servants ; but Newton had ignored his protests .
21 In his childhood swimming at Cannes there had been no need for these ridiculous costumes .
22 There really had been no need to call to him .
23 There had been no need to ask .
24 There had been no need to cling to him with such ardour — no need to respond to his kiss with such wanton abandon .
25 Sgt Ian Martin of Darlington police said that in previous years when BST started at 2am Greenwich mean time there had been no need to check clubs closed down on time .
26 There has been no area , there 's been no need or entitlement that has escaped the Thatcher and the Majorite acts .
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