Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] no [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is typical of Lewis 's later self that he should have seen no virtue at all in Tillyard 's approach , and that furthermore he should have labelled it ‘ heresy ’ . |
| 2 | It is curious that a much-employed binder , as he obviously was , should have left no trace in the records . |
| 3 | There is , needless to say , no suggestion that the Bank of England are in contempt , and , for the same reasons as have led me to conclude that the injunction is overridden , I should have had no hesitation in varying the injunction if it had been necessary to do so . |
| 4 | Miss Logan halted , initially in surprise , for it appeared that Miss Fergusson had lost her footing on a little stretch of solid rock which should have afforded no peril . |
| 5 | Young girls feel things so deeply … she must have seen no future at all . |
| 6 | The company must have experienced no default within the previous 5 years . |
| 7 | In cases falling within this protected class , security given by the surety would , in certain circumstances , be unenforceable notwithstanding that the creditor might have had no knowledge of and not have been responsible for the vitiating feature of the transaction . |
| 8 | If speaker D had gone on at some length about ‘ cobbles ’ or rough roads in general , or if the analysis only had part of this fragment , up to C 's it was rather rough , then we might have had no evidence of a divergence in speakers ' topics within the conversation . |
| 9 | Last September the Redruth hooker , 28 , could have had no hope of playing at Twickenham as he had smashed an elbow in a minor club match and Dawe , his long-standing rival , had been appointed county captain . |
| 10 | Since Mr Johnson died before the museum was built , he could have had no way of knowing the context in which his collection would eventually be shown . |
| 11 | He could have had no idea that Mr Waterhouse was to become one of the greatest civic architects of the north , for in 1856 , when Hinderton Hall was built , he was still at the brink of his career . |
| 12 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
| 13 | What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river . |
| 14 | But then , he could have had no idea that we were going to have a look at the Delos . |
| 15 | In relation to such a claim the ex turpi causa defence could have had no application . |
| 16 | … As appears from the decision below , the plaintiff could have had no certainty of ultimate success , and we are of opinion that it was not called upon to take the risk of having its contracts disputed and its business injured and of finding the tax more or less nearly doubled in case it finally had to pay . |
| 17 | He had n't quite stripped her , but the lacy bra and briefs he had left her with could have proved no barrier to his imagination . |
| 18 | " I 'm well aware of that , but you 'd have had no choice . |
| 19 | Well , in t e old days , two years ago , when she 'd been his Gemma , she 'd have had no choice but to pack her trunks and live under the roof he provided , wherever he chose to provide it . |
| 20 | He 'd have known no offence was meant . ’ |
| 21 | Yet they may have made no effort to give her anywhere she can go to , having allocated a large bedroom to one of their small children and relegated her to the tiniest bedroom in the house , to which she can never withdraw unless she actually gets into bed . |
| 22 | Arguably unlike Chlothild in 511 and certainly unlike Fredegund , Aregund may have played no part in ensuring her son 's succession . |
| 23 | It must be accepted that at the end of the interview the child may have given no information to support the suspicion of [ sexual ] abuse and the position will remain unclear . |
| 24 | Inexperienced as well as black , he would have stood no chance of a studio contract as recently as five years ago . |
| 25 | Therefore the buyers were entitled to refuse to accept delivery because the sellers had committed a breach of condition ( i.e. of section 13 ) and the buyers were entitled to do so even if they would have suffered no loss by having the tins packed in cases of 24 instead of cases of 30 . |
| 26 | The coach did not in fact crash and if he had remained on it he would have suffered no harm . |
| 27 | Women could drum and handle pistols and the soldiers swords were not particularly long or heavy and would have presented no problems . |
| 28 | He was n't particularly sadistic , for a malai , though he would have lost no sleep that night if he 'd terminated me . |
| 29 | Marxism and racialism are ‘ rather modern ’ , as Waugh would have put it , mindful that the medieval schoolmen and Renaissance Jesuits he idolised would have seen no merit in either of them . |
| 30 | The general intention in each case was not to screen the train completely , but to ensure that trains did not suddenly come into view without warning , for that would have given no time for a rider or driver to control the horse , which might otherwise bold or unseat its rider . |