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

No	Sentence
1	To suggest that the Government have taken no action , or have taken no action against the specific problem of advertising directed at children , is a charge that does not stand up .
2	Headline is one of the few companies that has lost no staff during the recession — in fact it has taken more on .
3	A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion .
4	I released the crew that had had no food or rest all day and we were ready for the first watch next day . ’
5	SEVEN minutes from the end of extra time Bolton broke the deadlock in their Littlewoods Cup third-round replay that had produced no goals for 113 minutes … only to let Swindon equalise two minutes later to take the tie to a second replay at Bolton next Tuesday .
6	The room was empty , with a high-ceiling and cold in the special icy , musty-smelling way of places that have known no heat for a long time .
7	The chromosomal locations of markers that have shown no association at the population level should not be ignored since the lack of this association does not rule out linkage .
8	Oh I went past there not so long ago and that radio station that 's got no listeners in Yorkshire has a huge advertising thing there .
9	‘ And has suffered no damage ? ’
10	He is in Blackpool at the Conservative Party Conference and has given no sign of a reprieve .
11	One such occasion will be when the adult is brought to hospital unconscious after an accident , and has had no opportunity to signify whether she consents to treatment or not .
12	As mentioned above , one patient experienced severe rebleeding six months after initial successful sclerotherapy and has had no rebleeding after emergency operation until now ( four months ) .
13	If liability only is admitted , interlocutory judgment ( N 17 ) may be given and a date fixed for assessment or the plaintiff left to apply under Ord 22 , r 6. ( 2 ) If the defendant does not appear and has delivered no admission or defence , then judgment may be entered ( or directions given ) as the court thinks fit ( Ord 17 , r 7 ) .
14	Trudging back one evening , having been out all day and having had no luck , Charles spotted a large heap of rocks on the hillside above them , and asked what it was .
15	Nevertheless , having called Rosen , knowing that Kennedy was aware of the Will and having had no word from him , was annoying .
16	It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well .
17	A Midland Bank spokesman claimed that the bank had held " very minor talks " and had reached no agreements .
18	On the way upstairs , the porter remembered how he had struggled with all their luggage and had received no tip .
19	Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain .
20	Mr Silviu Brucan , a leading member of the front , was reported as saying yesterday that the Communist Party was now finished and had played no part in the revolution — despite increasing complaints , particularly from students at the centre of the uprising , that most of those moving into power were party members .
21	General Dornberg reported no activity at all on the roads leading to Mons. His cavalry patrols had ridden ten miles into France and had met no enemy troops .
22	Sime had been in court on the day of his death and had displayed no anxiety or stress .
23	She had never felt any affection for the place and had made no friends there she would miss ; and anyway , she would find fields to conquer up here , coming home triumphant to wed the lord of the manor .
24	I had been overwhelmed with duties as head of the government , and had made no dispositions for the emergency which occurred .
25	She was in no hurry , and had made no plans to meet Rosie , since Francisco had come on the scene .
26	( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) .
27	He had also been extremely suspicious and had made no secret of it .
28	Gesner had flirted with her quite outrageously during the dinner ( more champagne ) and had made no secret of his intense interest in her life , and particularly of the men in her life .
29	He appointed a single , secret committee , whereas Lanskoi had sought to involve a relatively wide range of people in the emancipation process and had made no reference to secrecy .
30	This empowered him to send bailiffs ( county court employees ) to the house of the man who owed him money and had made no reply to his allegations .