Example sentences of "[subord] not to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better to have a go and fail than not to have a go at all . ’ |
| 2 | Comments that the ‘ recession is bottoming out ’ seem more often than not to have a hollow ring about them . |
| 3 | It 's better not to have to have pensions than not to have pensions , surely not . |
| 4 | But what is it to have the concept ‘ pain' if not to have in one 's mind some notion of what the word means , a notion presumably acquired by experiencing pain ? |
| 5 | In sum , then , one can say little more on the basis of the scanty information available than that Molla Yegan appears to have abandoned his official posts by at least 844/1440–1 ; to have returned from his journey to the Hijaz , in company with Molla Gurani , whom he presented at the Ottoman court , not earlier than alter the pilgrimage of 844/1441 but very possibly not much later ; if not to have continued to be a figure of some importance in the state until at least 857/1453 , to have re-emerged as such then , though without , apparently , holding any official post ; and to have died at some time alter that date , perhaps in 878/1473–4 . |
| 6 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 7 | By fifty a married man or woman was as likely as not to have suffered widowhood , and would have already lost half his or her contemporaries : in contrast to a mere twentieth today . |
| 8 | Fair enough but in the future so as not to have |
| 9 | She tried to concentrate on this so as not to have to think about what Finn was saying . |
| 10 | Melanie kept her eyes on the witch-ball so as not to have to look at Uncle Philip . |
| 11 | Then they hurried far away , so as not to have to listen to his cries . |
| 12 | Er but if they 're a sensing thinking person they will find it almost totally incomprehensible , that you 've been so lax as not to have actually worked out in detail erm you know what their job is ? |
| 13 | For instance it buys up stock which is nearing its redemption date , so as not to have to make large repayments over a short period of time . |
| 14 | Where you know so as not to have to risk going having to go to an expensive B and B because all the cheap places have gone . |