Example sentences of "not have [verb] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAVING had a summer of fair-weather golf , competitors in the British Women 's Stroke-Play Championship at Southerness , many of whom had not had to don a sweater in months , were faced with the foulest of conditions over the first two days . |
| 2 | Now had I known about this it the time , of course he would not have stood a chance of getting into the RAF . |
| 3 | Surely , if there really were a knowable pre-life creator , such would have long since become truly known to humanity , and would not have remained a subject of speculation after many thousands of years . |
| 4 | They would not have blurred the distinction between the Union and the Community . |
| 5 | At least one member of the jury said he would not have given a sentence of death ( which must be unanimous ) had he known that Prejean had suffered prolonged mental and physical abuse from his guardians . |
| 6 | The decision is justified on the grounds that there was no guarantee that the plaintiff would receive any of the fine and that Parliament could not have intended a workman to be deprived of the chance to seek compensation for his injuries . |
| 7 | And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else . |
| 8 | The lack of a licence in Barlow Clowes ' early years may or may not have made a difference to the way investors ' funds were handled during that time . |
| 9 | The fact is that we give exceptional leave to remain because it would be inhumane to send some people , such as the Croatian that the hon. Member mentioned , back to their country at this time , even though they may not have made a claim of persecution . |
| 10 | And I would not have made the war in the first place . ’ |
| 11 | It would save her poor feet if she did not have to mount the stairs to the attic . |
| 12 | Firstly , a young horse may not have formed a habit of accepting things as they are and automatically always behaving in the same way . |
| 13 | The Report criticised the crew of the Croydon for not doing more to rectify the compass problems which they had experienced and for relying too heavily on D/F bearings , but it implied that the Darwin W/T station should not have stated the bearings of ‘ night error ’ , they should have known they were nothing of the sort . |
| 14 | ‘ Surely , ’ said Lefevre , ‘ it can not have escaped a man of your experience that some ladies are in the habit of dyeing their hair . ’ |
| 15 | Such powerful artefacts as the Doomstones can not have escaped the notice of the Great Enchanter , and he would certainly make every effort to get hold of them . |
| 16 | A great deal can be done using only an undifferentiated notion of abnormality , especially in conjunction with suitable ‘ diagnostic frames ’ ( see below ) ; but it will not have escaped the notice of the attentive reader that the ( a ) sentences in 17–21 above are all odd in different ways . |
| 17 | By the time they reached Letterkenny they were thirsty , so had a drink , and by the time they reached the shore road between Ray and Drumhallagh could not have pinpointed the cottage in the wood with any certainty to save their lives . |
| 18 | He waited with roused senses for what would come next ; and what came was so transparent that he had hard work not to laugh , and set out without more ado to take every advantage of a stratagem that would not have fooled a child in arms . |
| 19 | After Kissingen Alexander made Kavelin tutor to the heir to the throne , but he may not have realized the extent of the tutor 's radicalism . |
| 20 | ‘ A whole nation does not have to carry the guilt of a few wrong-doers into perpetuity , ’ she said . |
| 21 | It was Boyle 's contention that if William Harvey had not asked himself about the purpose of valves in the veins , he might well not have discovered the circulation of the blood . |
| 22 | He said dogs could not have killed the rabbits in the way they had been savagely slaughtered . |
| 23 | The constable need not have witnessed the conduct in question before he utters his warning ; he could act on the basis of a report that he received from a person who has been caused harassment , alarm or distress , or on the report of somebody who has witnessed it . |
| 24 | She was sure that he could not have survived the shot to his heart . |
| 25 | Although based on research of lasting value , the draft Articles on service of documents rest overmuch on United States perceptions and would not have survived the sort of examination to which they would have been exposed at an international diplomatic conference . |
| 26 | Yes , I 'd like to come back er to Mr Brighton on the question of regeneration in West Yorkshire , and er settlement South West of York , some people here today would not have heard the views of Leeds and Bradford on the H one discussions yet , about er why we are objecting to the restraints in three North Yorkshire districts , Harrogate , Craven , and er to less extent perhaps , Hambledon , on migration levels , erm we we argued there |
| 27 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |
| 28 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 29 | Furthermore , it has been shown in several of these cell lines that this TGF α does not have to leave the cell to actively bind to transmembrane fragments of the EGF receptor and stimulate the cell . |
| 30 | It might not have prevented her feelings for him from developing as they had , but it would certainly not have caused a change in the atmosphere in this place , and he might have remained livable with . |