Example sentences of "not have [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 2 | You do not have to destroy every cloud to see the sky . |
| 3 | Conversely Mortimer should not have invoked the earls to revolt against the king . |
| 4 | The oldest , the first born if you like , the , the nearer one may have reje , may not have accepted the right to redeem her , but Ruth is not , has not been rejected because there is another kinsman waiting . |
| 5 | Please note that you do not have to open the rings to put these markers over , though you should after you 've done it the first time , erm , it should become easier with practice , let me put it that way , okay . |
| 6 | If he had n't agreed to appear we could not have raised the cash to make the show . ’ |
| 7 | One did not have to oppose the war to oppose its consequences ; and there was nothing in the least unpatriotic about the demands for ‘ equality of sacrifice ’ . |
| 8 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 9 | And a mere pickpocket would not have taken the trouble to steam the envelope open . ’ |
| 10 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 11 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 12 | In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions . |
| 13 | It is likely that he chose a group of men to be his special disciples — apostles — because at that time a women would not have had the freedom to become travelling evangelists — to go round preaching and teaching . |
| 14 | The point that we were making in drawing attention to it was that , if the Labour party had been in power , he would not have had the freedom to buy shares in BT . |
| 15 | Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’ |
| 16 | The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one . |
| 17 | ( They will not have had the chance to mate with males from their own stock culture . ) |
| 18 | While Mr Fallon will probably not have had the chance to read the report , we think it unwise for him to dismiss it out of hand . |
| 19 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 20 | He would not have had the opportunity to command the attention of the media . |
| 21 | Had the Prime Minister called a general election in October 1978 , as was expected , the Commons would not have had the opportunity to inflict a spectacular dismissal . |
| 22 | You attempt things you previously would not have had the courage to do because you know you possess the power to save yourself ’ . |
| 23 | I know that in the past I would not have had the confidence to let children work on the problem . |
| 24 | The fact that growing numbers of students are making the personal decision to go into higher education each year suggests strongly that our system of student support , far from providing a deterrent , is encouraging more people to go into higher education , who perhaps would not have had the confidence to do so or the belief that it is appropriate for them . |
| 25 | In any case he would not have had the confidence to approach one . |
| 26 | Aquifers hold an enormous amount of water , and we do not have to raise the money to build them . |
| 27 | She was just cursing herself for not having had the courage to go straight over to him in the first place when he appeared again , a little further down . |
| 28 | You do n't have to spend a fortune to give your family tasty , healthy meals . |
| 29 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 30 | Particularly when you do n't have to earn the money to pay for them . ’ |