Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] have [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The immobile custodian of the Dock Gates did not have even the dignity of movement . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ Frau Nordern sat bolt upright and gave Marx her commanding glare which , however , did not have quite the same effect on him as it had done on the Duty Officer . |
| 3 | The Trade Unions did not have quite the grip on the economy that they have today and its effects were not absolute . |
| 4 | It does not matter if you do not have exactly the same things as are shown in the drawing ; alter the design to suit what you have . |
| 5 | At the moment , local authorities , which are supposed to police many of the new controls , do not have either the expertise or the money to make them work . |
| 6 | They do not have either the mental or physical equipment to be able to carry out the many complex activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 7 | Typically , the changes discussed include such examples as the lengthening and backing process that led to ‘ broad ’ [ a ] in the RP class of dance , path and the rounding after [ w ] that led in mainstream accents to present-day wasp , swan ( many British English dialects do not have either the ‘ broad ’ [ a ] or rounding after [ w ] ) . |
| 8 | One reason for this problem-dominated view is the over-concentration of people into a few undesigned places , largely because people do not have either the knowledge or the confidence to leave the beaten track , whether it be road or footpath . |
| 9 | She did n't have either the time or the inclination to hold ‘ receptions ’ — whatever they might be — but when she returned home at night , exhausted from her day in the City , she never failed to appreciate the deep sense of peaceful calm and serenity of the large , thickly carpeted room . |
| 10 | Nigel had often thought of stealing a girlfriend off his son , but did n't have quite the same tastes . |
| 11 | The Jayhawks know what it 's like laying dimes on railroad tracks and bareback horse-riding through Nevada ( trainspotting in Crewe and donkey rides in Brighton do n't have quite the same ring ) . |
| 12 | A more accurate description might be desktop composition or desktop page layout — but these do n't have quite the same ring to them . |
| 13 | his clothes by hand before I went back to work and of course I do n't have quite the same time |
| 14 | Erm we have er land in the sort of places which compete with Stoakesly although we do n't have quite the rural environment , except as was mentioned , at Guisborough . |
| 15 | A ‘ Dear Joan ’ feature , the letters of Mrs Kinnock to her chum Miss Joan Ruddock , does not have quite the same humorous potential . |
| 16 | In the totalitarian state however , agriculture does not have quite the same result . |
| 17 | The supposed expansion in directions perpendicular to AD still ensures that there can be no stable periodic orbits , but an analysis similar to that in the previous section does not have quite the same result . |
| 18 | While the prospect of cycling through York is attractive the idea of doing the same thing in Newcastle or Middlesbrough does not have quite the same allure . |
| 19 | A literal translation would be ‘ undertaker ’ , which does n't have quite the right ring ! |
| 20 | It does n't have quite the presence or the lovely transparency of the Seymour-equipped hybrid , but the Texas Specials make it sound fractionally bigger , deeper and more authoritative . |
| 21 | ‘ Bent ’ does n't have quite the same connotations over here , by the way … |
| 22 | THERE 'S A wise old saying ( actually it 's the title of a Bruce Willis album , but that does n't have quite the same authoritative ring ) that goes ‘ What does n't kill you , only makes you stronger ’ . |
| 23 | To catch one accidentally does n't have quite the same distinction or achievement , even so its capture should count . |