Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] to have [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’ |
| 2 | I think some of the erm er they 've crossed all the P Way ones out and er appear not to have crossed any of the works , bridges , B E S out . |
| 3 | It may be that ‘ post ’ will need progressive reinterpretation to include telex , facsimile transmission and other forms of ‘ electronic mail ’ but international conventions appear not to have explored these possibilities thus far . |
| 4 | I dare to go further : some of the most gifted and earnest among my contemporaries — I think of Edgar Dowers in the United States and Geoffrey Hill in the United Kingdom ( though I except Hill 's wonderful Mercian Hymns ) — fall short of pleasing me as they might , because they seem not to have followed this rule of thumb , and their language is habitually for my taste a shade , or several shades , too grandiloquent or ‘ literary ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It is dramatic stuff , I believe , though I confess not to have read any . |
| 6 | You claim not to have found any lighter , is that it ? ’ |