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

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1 The teacher has given no instructions about what to do , apart from nodding when a few children asked if it was ‘ writing workshop ’ .
2 As Lord Keith said in Lonrho Plc. v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 525 , 539 : ‘ The only significance of the absence of reasons is that if all other known facts and circumstances appear to point overwhelmingly in favour of a different decision , the decision-maker , who has given no reasons can not complain if the court draws the inference that he had no rational reason for his decision . ’
3 It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons .
4 But Mr Shamir has given no sign of softening his opposition to any contact with the PLO , or with Palestinians from outside , including those deported for activities hostile to Israel .
5 He is in Blackpool at the Conservative Party Conference and has given no sign of a reprieve .
6 If he has given no address for service , service may be effected by delivering the document at his residence or by sending it by first class post to his last known residence , or in the case of a proprietor of a business , by delivering the document at his place of business or sending it by first class post to his last known place of business ( Ord 7 , r 1 ) .
7 Mitsubishi , the other Japanese company implicated in the ‘ sting ’ operation , faces similar conspiracy charges and as yet has given no indication of wanting to reach a pre-trial agreement .
8 Mrs Shephard has given no indication that she does .
9 But , it has given no indication of whether it intends to acquire or dispose of any data processing activities .
10 At this point , the iteration has given no indication that a double root is involved ; however , this becomes apparent when we seek the row vector corresponding to cs : for all first minors of 1I — A vanish and we can not find a unique row vector .
11 So far Mr Gorbachov has given no indication of how he intends to spend his prize of seven hundred thousand dollars .
12 The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond .
13 At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 For Stenton , the half century before 716 when no Anglo-Saxon king had been able to establish more than a local ascendancy , had ‘ little significance in English political history ’ because it had given no promise of the great advance , as he saw it , towards the unity of England which was to be made by the Mercian kings before the end of the eighth century .
17 It was He who had instructed the animals to multiply ; He had given no instructions to the stars .
18 Major Tzann had given no sign , either physically or verbally , that he could relax .
19 Also , the tribunal referred in its reasons to the fact that the employee had convictions for similar offences in the past and the employer had given no warnings that repetition could lead to dismissal .
20 Sophie moreover actually had a job , had an income , which was beginning to be something of a pressing issue , inflation and the changing climate began to bite into their indifferent superiority to the outside world and they had given no thought as to how to fight that .
21 But one who had given no thought to love .
22 The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns .
23 She had invited several friends to lunch the next day , and she had given no thought to what to cook .
24 Fleming 's paper had given no details of Craddock 's work , and indeed was misleading about it .
25 Fortunately , today the rundown could be short , as Faye 's condition had given no cause for concern at all .
26 The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it .
27 The Woodvilles had given no grounds for complaint when he moved against them at the end of April , and the protectorate was still viable in mid June when he chose to end it .
28 As that was a race in which Lotus , knowing that Fittipaldi was planning to leave , had given no team orders to Ronnie Peterson to be obliging to Fittipaldi , Ronnie won — as he could have done several times previously — and with Ronnie 's win , Fittipaldi was eliminated from the title race .
29 I had sent her a copy of my memoir , but her noncommittal letter of thanks had given no indication of whether she had read it .
30 Sony had given no indication they were working on — or intended to work on any electronic stills camera . ’
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