Example sentences of "not have [verb] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 2 | Lorna Lewis might not have made a picture since a flopperoo called It Happened in Monte Carlo three years ago , but she was still Hollywood royalty . |
| 3 | It was clear that the sentencer would not have made the order if he had known what was now known by the court . |
| 4 | They should not have disputed the decision as they did , and any suggestion that this was an early ingredient in the Pakistanis ' exasperation deserves little sympathy . |
| 5 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 6 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 7 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 8 | The aircraft was so silent , the atmosphere so eerie that as the medical team jumped from the ambulance they all began to fear the worst for the passengers inside — that they might not have survived the shock and impact of the crash landing . |
| 9 | The tigress had seen me , or she would not have crossed the pool and hurried for shelter , as her tracks showed she had done . |
| 10 | That can not have pleased the Megarians or their daughter-cities in the region , like Byzantium . |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 12 | Some Israelis believe that the adherents of Socialist Zionism would not have accepted the idea that Arabs driven out , either directly or by the pressures of circumstance , had no moral right to return . |
| 13 | She said people did not have to view the show if they were likely to find it offensive and while she found some photographs disturbing they should still be shown so people could form their own opinions . |
| 14 | Had the employer known of the pregnancy at the date of appointment he would not have appointed the woman and the employer would also have dismissed a male employee engaged for this purpose who required a leave of absence at the same time for medical or other reasons . |
| 15 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 16 | If the distribution of births by social class between 1965 and 1976 and the propensity of each class to enter HE had remained constant then this would not have affected the demand for HE . |
| 17 | If the ring had not captured and ruined Gollum 's mind , he would never have been overcome by desire of it and hence he would not have snatched the Ring and fallen into the Cracks of Doom , the only place the Ring can be destroyed . |
| 18 | The man who rose from the bench seemed to offer a grudging apology , but Byrkin would not have seen the gesture as he scrabbled on the floor for his slice of black bread . |
| 19 | I will go on to argue that the finding as to ‘ maleness ’ , though regrettable , should not have precluded a finding that there was a marriage . |
| 20 | Broadly , the expectation is that the Monarch will not have to take a decision that will then prove to be a violation of the democratic process , because it will be up to whoever agrees to form a government in these circumstances to prove that he or she has adequate parliamentary support . |
| 21 | As Professor Landes has pointed out , the tolerance of non-factory employers depended on the fact that they did not have to take the running or fixed costs of machinery into account . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman may not have noted the fact that we continue to encourage the Malawian Government to apply the principles of accountable government that they endorsed at the Harare Heads of Government meeting . |
| 23 | And who knows , Elvis might not have become the phenomenon that he did … |
| 24 | Certainly , they could not have studied the group if they had been honest about themselves , but perhaps that just means that there are some social contexts that we can not study . |
| 25 | Darlington appeal co-ordinator Michelle Le-Neveu said donations did not have to cost a lot but should be high in nutrition like tinned fish or meat . |
| 26 | and a few lines later : ‘ It does not follow that she would not have signed the charge if those representations had not been made . ’ |
| 27 | You might not have won a beauty if you were poor . " |
| 28 | Without him we might not have won the Championship or be in a position to be playing Rangers . |
| 29 | The assassin did not have to enter the room and , in killing Cosmas , destroyed all the evidence except for that small scorch mark on the other side of the door . ’ |
| 30 | The medical evidence did not establish that the plaintiff would not have caught the disease if washing facilities had been provided . |