Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It would not have made any difference in that borough .
2 Of course , I could not have expressed this view to Mr Farraday without embarking upon what might have seemed a presumptuous speech .
3 In addition , it should be observed that although the Act of 1988 entered into force on 1 December 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the former system was extended by section 13 until 31 March 1989 , and hence owners and operators who might not have fulfilled that requirement in the past were given a reasonable transitional period in which to comply therewith .
4 We knew on the other hand that Redbridge and Waltham Forest was not a competent authority and it could not have achieved this scale of planning .
5 Some letters , however , suggest that Leapor was rather dilatory , and may not have done much work in the winter .
6 If the dependent subsidiary provisions are triggered then any " chargeable increase in the value of the shares " within s79 Finance Act 1988 can give management a Schedule E income tax charge , at a time when management will not have realised any cash from the increased value in the shares to pay the tax .
7 The management at Perry Poultry might not have amassed this sort of paper wealth yet but , only founded in 1989 , the company is already making a name for itself in the food business .
8 The disapproving proscriptions of puritanism could not have squeezed all impropriety from the area .
9 I admit I might not have paid much attention to an anonymous delivery girl , but they do n't normally bolt when they see me , which attracted my attention .
10 NEIL Booth may not have won any silverware in Swansea .
11 Therefore when he refers to the sphere of circulation here he does not have in mind market relations , but rather a system of planned production and exchange , which may or may not have included some form of monetary accounting .
12 They will probably not have spent any amount of time with a mentally handicapped person or really know how they behave .
13 ‘ I feel sad that he could not have enjoyed this opportunity of unification and won more caps , but I want to keep the family name in the side , ’ said Muller .
14 This is because the conditions needed for the Big Bang had to be so finely tuned — to an amazing one part in 10&sup60 ; ( a big number even on a cosmic scale ) — that the most minute variations would not have permitted any life at all to develop .
15 It was not that I eventually doubted that the Almighty responded to faith , but that because I had been so bound up by the desert , so full of self-interest , so neglectful of the God I was supposed to serve , that I could not have expected any co-operation from him .
16 George was probably already working in Pocklington , walking into work each day , for a saddler would not have had much employment in the small village where he lived .
17 It can not be assumed , therefore , that stimulation would not have had some effect on another occasion in those patients who were stimulated but showed no interference in their speech .
18 She should n't have felt this sense of grief , should n't have felt betrayed , but she did .
19 Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink .
20 The victim might have been a crow , a jackdaw , a pigeon , even a pheasant , but it would n't have stood much chance against the peregrine 's talons .
21 As Brazil 's midfield dynamo , Dunga , of Fiorentina , says with a wry grin : ‘ Brazil 1989 would n't have lost that game to Italy in 1982 .
22 But having said that , it was wonderful and I would n't have missed that trip for anything .
23 But you ca n't have missed this can of worms , even from a foot deep of sand .
24 ‘ And , besides , I would n't have missed this moment for the world . ’
25 But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election .
26 It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening .
27 It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing .
28 ‘ Of course , Taiwan has a Portuguese connection dating back to the days when it was Formosa , but you wo n't have found any opportunity to air it these days .
29 Faldo could n't have had any idea of the tropical storm brewing when he and Norman exchanged birdies at the first two holes .
30 But she ca n't have spent all evening on the loo , can she ? ’
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