Example sentences of "not have to do " in BNC.

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1 By now he had discovered what archdeacons do , and did not have to do everything himself .
2 Israel did not have to do much more than open the area to its own produce and place obstacles in the way of anyone trying to develop enterprises or co-operative ventures .
3 They do not have to do down rivals in order to benefit themselves .
4 Shopping is a pleasure when you live alone because you do not have to do a bulk-shop every weekend as families do .
5 Herod , even then , did not have to do it .
6 Of course , you do not have to do things one of the standard ways if a system is only for your own use , and compatibility with someone else 's bar code system is not needed .
7 In order to talk about something that did not have to do with fondling and stroking she spoke of the garments .
8 Agreement on this suggestion would bring the meeting to a close , and most of those present would not have to do anything at all about the wretched book .
9 As it happened , Mr Kim did not have to do anything about this affair .
10 The additional part , which does not have to do with the connections stated by independent conditionals , is perhaps particularly necessary in connection with our conviction about the explanatoriness of the causal items .
11 To state the relevant causal circumstance , would we not have to do what we can hardly hope to do , which is to enumerate parts of much of the whole state of the universe at or during a time ?
12 The conception does not have to do , above all , with the statement 's having some otherwise specified content or subject-matter : that is , say , as being about thoughts , wants , or intentions , or conveying something about persons , minds , subjectivity , experience , or an inner world .
13 But it does not have to do so .
14 Craig and Wedderburn showed that while almost all industrial workers have to clock in , almost all managers do not have to do so ; while 90 per cent of workers had their pay reduced for lateness , none of the management employees suffered in the same way .
15 Furthermore , the BCS distinguished between the fear of crime , i.e. people 's fear of being victimised , and concern with crime , people 's more general anxiety about crime which did not have to do with personal Ask .
16 The Indian did not have to do any thinking for himself .
17 Cocaine is the kind of drug that does not have to do you harm — unless you 're stupid with it .
18 However , the firm will have to make the prescribed disclosure that all or most of the FSA protections do not apply if ( even though it does not have to do so ) it tells a private customer that it is a member of SFA or is otherwise FSA-authorised ; or ( 2 ) It is carried on with or for customers in the UK , but the FSA 's overseas person exemption would have applied if that non-UK office had been a separate person from the UK office ( see page 40 above and also below ) or , presumably , is outside the territorial scope of the FSA in any event ; or ( 3 ) The business is that of an appointed representative of the firm and is not carried on in the UK .
19 In the first half alone McLean 's men created enough chances to win a handful of games , yet such was their lack of confidence in and around the box that Chris Reid , the young Hibs goalkeeper , did not have to do anything out of the ordinary to keep his side in the game .
20 ‘ We do n't have to do a thing you do n't want .
21 In any case , I do n't have to do it if I do n't want to .
22 You do n't have to do this . ’
23 The New Wave films that do work tend to be those built around a single , larger-than-life character , like Tom Jones or Alfie ( 1966 ) , in which Michael Caine plays a cockney Don Juan who ‘ do n't believe in making anyone unhappy , not if you do n't have to do it ’ but is forever breaking the hearts of young girls , until the sight of one of his middle-aged victims going through an abortion forces him into repentance .
24 And then Dylan came along , and he did n't have to do anything , he just was .
25 The band were very supportive and they knew they did n't have to do anything untoward .
26 ‘ He did n't have to do it , did he ? ’
27 No , you do n't have to do anything , but Mummy may .
28 I took myself off and got some decent therapy and learnt that it was OK just to be — I did n't have to do all the time .
29 Once he gets it going you do n't have to do , or say , too much .
30 Paul is a good guy , but everyone is brought up as a liberal and everybody therefore thinks that we do n't have to do anything active about it .
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