Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] have have [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle .
2 Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade .
3 Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index .
4 She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’
5 There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own .
6 The marriage of Chlothild , therefore , may not have had the ominous implications which the bishop of Tours attributed to it .
7 Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c .
8 Most of us have to admit that although our parents may not have had an ideal marriage , we have learned a lot of valuable lessons from them .
9 The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering .
10 She could not have had an easy childhood .
11 Ana came out of the pool at that moment and it was a good job she could n't see or her face would not have had the happy smile .
12 ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added .
13 I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’
14 However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change .
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