Example sentences of "[noun] we [verb] not have " in BNC.

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1 Unlike plants and animals we do not have to go to bed with the sun or to get up at each high tide ; our man-made environment is based on a 24-hour solar day of course , but it need not be timed to coincide with sunrise or sunset .
2 But they were kept going in it , rather perhaps at the discretion of those running the schemes rather than to throw them out , and as a result we did not have a scrap of vandalism in the area during the whole of the summer holidays .
3 As we explained in chapter 1 , for most variables we do not have such direct observations and can not therefore carry out the tests .
4 In Scotland we do not have the same problem .
5 He said : ’ there is no statistical evidence that is known to me at the present time of people who are actually being discharged from the private sector We do not have evidence to bring to you of a substantial number of people who have been discharged against their will from the private sector . ’
6 At Carnival Cruise Lines we do not have any minimum age limits as we judge each person on his or her ability and personality .
7 Birds and beasts have senses we do not have .
8 At present we do not have a detailed inventory of computing hardware .
9 We need some money we can be sure of , some money we do not have to ask for either from men or from the Department of Health and Social Security .
10 When we do things by habit we do not have to think about them , so there is no cause for anxiety .
11 In Britain we do not have a written constitution in the sense of a formal document but that does not mean that we lack constitutional rules .
12 To our pleasant surprise we did not have long to wait before hearing that my application for transfer to Felixstowe had been successful .
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