Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had we not spent even more money on the BAIE Awards this year by advertising on the inside front cover of the magazine , we would not have received a single name check for 15 awards during the whole evening and in all the attendant publicity . |
| 2 | Lost in the malai chain of command , shuffled round from captor to captor , I would not have given a great deal for my chances . |
| 3 | If the patient has been misled or misinformed he may not have given a genuine consent or refusal . |
| 4 | The landlord will not have made a taxable supply to the tenant and so can not issue a tax invoice , preventing the tenant from claiming input relief . |
| 5 | ‘ Without the programme I would not have prepared a proper business plan or met the contacts essential to business ’ . |
| 6 | Jesus may not have supported a particular party line , but His criticism of the political-religious leaders of His day led to His crucifixion on a Roman gibbet . |
| 7 | Dublin claimed allegations made in Parliament and the British Press linking Mr Ryan with the IRA meant he would not have faced a fair trial . |
| 8 | So even if the Queen had disapproved of her daughter 's remarriage , she would not have risked a national outcry by snubbing the wedding . |
| 9 | Yet , the people , who might assert this , will not have done a careful costing of royal finances . |
| 10 | Calves in this category may not have developed a strong immunity and after treatment should not be returned to the field which was the source of infection ; if this is impossible , parenteral ivermectin is the drug of choice since its residual effect prevents reinfection for a further three weeks . |
| 11 | When nothing happened , the Brotherhood decided that Huw could not have lodged a formal complaint about their treatment of him , so — with some relief , and a certain amount of grudging respect — they let the matter drop . |
| 12 | If , however , his will was overborne , the refusal will not have represented a true decision . |
| 13 | I understand that feeling because we have had to do things that are counter intuitive and very difficult but unless we had driven inflation out of the system we would not have provided a proper platform for secure long term growth . |
| 14 | ‘ I would go down to the beach around 7am for an hour and would not have used a proper skin care procedure . |
| 15 | Lord MacLean told MacIver , who drove the lorry after the robbery : ‘ You may not have occupied a principal role , but you played an essential one . |
| 16 | Sheffield social services should not have pressured a foster couple into accepting difficult children , a jury said last week as it cleared the couple on charges of cruelty . |
| 17 | Assuming similar proportions even a study of 5000 patients would not have shown a significant difference between the two groups . |
| 18 | I would not have put a stray dog out into such a night . |
| 19 | The blacks , like Bailey and Wint who were in athletics , tended to be from established occupational and social backgrounds and , to them , sport may not have yielded a direct material benefit . |
| 20 | In fact , if the problem is set within the context of an evidently powerful late-tenth-century Danish monarchy , it is difficult to believe that Harald Bluetooth or his son could not have introduced a naval system had they wished , and when the concern about the country 's southern land defences is remembered , along with the importance that must also have been attached to protection from sea-borne attack , it might seem more likely than not that they did wish . |
| 21 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 22 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added . |
| 24 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 25 | However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change . |
| 26 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 27 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 28 | If she had wanted a husband , she could not have found a good reason for refusing to marry him . |
| 29 | Smaller companies or companies not having made a previous acquisition will often ask us to act as intermediaries . |
| 30 | Still has that remarkable record of not having missed a single game since he signed for Leicester from Sheffield United . |