Example sentences of "not [adv] have [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceremonies and festivities attending the coronation of French kings at Reims did much to enhance the popularity and reputation of the wines of Champagne — though they can not entirely have pleased the populace of Reims , who had to meet the expense of such occasions . |
| 2 | It should perhaps be added that the amended section 4 would not necessarily have caught the conduct in question , because of its definition in terms of violence which might follow from the defendant 's conduct . |
| 3 | I have I have read it elsewhere and not necessarily having read the doc the whole of the document of the Leeds U D P but on that note , since Leeds leads would you like |
| 4 | Although the mechanism of accumulation of the humbled bones presents a puzzle , the discoveries of the latest in a long series of excavations by Spanish workers , reported on page 534 of this issue , seem not only to have settled the question of the affinities of the Atapeuerca hominids , but also promise to clarify our understanding of the evolution of humans in Europe . |
| 5 | The additional space thus provided would not only have allowed the reproduction of documents of a useful length , but would also have avoided anomalies such as the absence of any statements by the Third Marquis of Salisbury , Stanley Baldwin , Walter Elliot , Noel Skelton , the ‘ Mannheim Group ’ , and other leading Conservative politicians and publicists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries . |
| 6 | And it may have still seemed a lot of money at I think one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds , I ca n't comment or not not having seen the size of the estate , but it compares quite well with the five thousand one hundred and sixty sixty pound Five hu Five thousand seven hundred and sixteen pounds that the Midland bank charge on the particular estate . |
| 7 | Some prisoners who would not normally have received the death sentence may have fallen victim to political interference in the judicial process . |
| 8 | I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’ |
| 9 | Only much later , in court , did it transpire that the witness could not possibly have seen the suspect 's face at the distance 75 metres in conditions of semi-darkness . |
| 10 | What , however , is the position if , at the time of the buyer 's wrongful anticipatory repudiation , the seller had already been disabled from completing the essential terms of the contract ( e.g. the seller 's factory making the goods was already so far behind in production that the seller could not possibly have delivered the goods by the contractual delivery date ) . |
| 11 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 12 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 13 | Those who accepted his commandments were to be judged in punctilious accordance with the law , whereas the ignorant savage in the darkened jungle who could not possibly have known the light would be treated with gentleness and given a second chance . |
| 14 | The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition . |
| 15 | In this respect the court has , in holding a clause unreasonable , pointed to the facts that a seed merchant , seeking to rely on the clause , could have insured against the risk of crop failure caused by supplying the wrong variety of seed , and that such insurance would not materially have increased the price of the seed ( see ( George Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd ( 1983 ) ) . |
| 16 | We might not even have won the league in the first place . |
| 17 | If not for the help of the librarian she might not even have found the book . |
| 18 | The comparatively gentle Dustin might not fully have realised the movie 's meretricious implications . |
| 19 | Here the paraphrase would be " how he longed to see this sunlight once before he died ! " , but the fact remains that the person designated by he in this example is felt as not yet having attained the realization of " seeing the sunlight once more " , i.e. as being before this event in time . |
| 20 | It is assumed that because of a basin that is still strongly subsiding , the degree of coalification will not yet have reached the equilibrium which would relate to the present depth and temperature , and that gas generation and accumulation are still taking place here . |
| 21 | Ideally , flowers should be picked for pressing between 10am and midday , as by this time the dew will have dried on the petals or leaves but the sun will not yet have faded the colours . |
| 22 | Secretary Jim McDowell says he will still consider players who may not yet have had the chance to come forward for consideration . |
| 23 | The particular provisions of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 in the consideration of which my hon. Friend played such a distinguished part do not come into force until next month , so directors of planning will not yet have had the benefit of the provisions . |
| 24 | It was the last , far more trivial act , that led to his execution , rather than the brutal killing which would not otherwise have attracted the death penalty . |
| 25 | In fact , no offence had been committed , so that the assistance sought could not actually have impeded the police . |
| 26 | Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’ |
| 27 | The layout was already there but I have to admit that , given the choice , I would n't necessarily have designed the garden that way . |
| 28 | ( Wilde was introduced to him by his mother , a librarian , who could n't possibly have anticipated the effect and , apparently , never regretted it even in the seemingly hopeless pre-Smith days of unemployment and complete lack of desire to become gainfully employed . ) |
| 29 | Berowne could n't both have held the razor in his right hand and clutched at the blanket as he fell . |