Example sentences of "they have [det] [conj] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Cellars are notorious for damp , and for wet and dry rot , because often they have little or no ventilation . |
2 | They have little or no potential to effect the ozone layer ; either they contain no chlorine or they break down lower in the atmosphere . |
3 | There are presses which are strictly private in the Carter sense , operating in anything from a back kitchen to a fully equipped shop , perhaps content simply to joy in the smell of printer 's ink and the magic of creation , without aiming to sell a single book ; publishing firms calling themselves presses who rightly pride themselves on the high quality of their output ; commercial printers who are equally jealous of the standard of their press work ; teaching establishments attached to universities , colleges and schools for experimental and training purposes ; official presses , controlled by governmental or other agencies ; fugitive and clandestine presses , often short-lived and hazardously operated , because of an adverse political or religious climate , or because their owners are dodging copyright laws ; and there is a hotch-potch of firms who pretentiously arrogate to themselves the word ‘ press ’ , to which they have little or no right in terms of either fine printing or independence . |
4 | Loss of the loved one can raise the same intensity of emotion : a sense of betrayal , hatred of the betrayer , extreme jealousy of a rival-feelings over which a person may believe they have little or no control . |
5 | Women are especially vulnerable to HIV in societies where they have little or no control over their sex lives . |
6 | His point is that there are also molecular changes occurring which are not selected , because they have little or no effect on function . |
7 | Most feel , perhaps rightly , that they have little or no need for them , that they are able to and indeed profit from individualism . |