Example sentences of "[modal v] not have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle . |
| 2 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 3 | It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
| 6 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 7 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 10 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 11 | I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it . |
| 12 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 13 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 14 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 15 | It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them . |
| 16 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
| 17 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 18 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | A number of the letters relate to diplomatic missions between Austrasia and Byzantium , but the collection can not have had a purely political purpose . |