Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] have the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She did not want to have the news broken to her carefully .
2 Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and
3 Hearns had looked over-the-hill in his previous fight and the pair at times did not appear to have the earnestness which fighters normally show .
4 ‘ I would not like to have the task of telling her that she would never make a crime reporter ! ’
5 Oh I do feel weary , I hope I 'm not going to have the flu .
6 We 're not going to have people are not going to have the choice about whether they buy a house or rent privately or wish to be on the council housing list , we 're going to force them off .
7 In the past the temptation to gallop across the hallowed Cowdray turf , which so many of them were not going to have the chance to play on , had been too much for the teams .
8 Clever parents are , naturally , going to give their children a more encouraging educational environment : to take a single example , they are not going to have the television set on at full volume while the unfortunate kids are attempting to do their school homework .
9 Do n't look at the whole answer and then cover it up again and think right okay that 's a start and then try and do all I mean you 're not going to have the book to help you in the exam .
10 If you look at the industry as a whole , there 's obviously the problem that by producing so much more content that people are are simply not going to have the time to get through it .
11 But not wishing to have the bother of carrying them , they 'd left them on a chair in the kitchen .
12 Azhag does not have to have the Crown of Sorcery , but if he has any magic items the Crown of Sorcery must be among them .
13 It is likely that he chose a group of men to be his special disciples — apostles — because at that time a women would not have had the freedom to become travelling evangelists — to go round preaching and teaching .
14 In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions .
15 The point that we were making in drawing attention to it was that , if the Labour party had been in power , he would not have had the freedom to buy shares in BT .
16 I hope that this book overall will provide additional assistance in both respects , particularly for those who may not have had the advantage of formal systems training .
17 Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’
18 The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one .
19 ( They will not have had the chance to mate with males from their own stock culture . )
20 While Mr Fallon will probably not have had the chance to read the report , we think it unwise for him to dismiss it out of hand .
21 On the other hand the expert will not have had the benefit of hearing the arguments , and some observers have suggested that expert valuers rarely assess rents from the tenant 's point of view .
22 Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking .
23 Had the Prime Minister called a general election in October 1978 , as was expected , the Commons would not have had the opportunity to inflict a spectacular dismissal .
24 It must be remembered that , nine times out of ten , the third party solicitor will be relying on descriptions of locus , machinery , etc. provided to him by his client — and will not have had the opportunity of visiting the LOCUS himself .
25 He would not have had the opportunity to command the attention of the media .
26 Although his writings may not have had the breadth of impact of his ‘ human growth ’ contemporaries across the Atlantic , such as Carl Rogers ( 1961 ) and Abraham Maslow ( 1954 ) , it is possible that because he offered an unpretentious dramatic model , teachers found his approach more immediately accessible than Rogers ' ideology .
27 You attempt things you previously would not have had the courage to do because you know you possess the power to save yourself ’ .
28 Married or unmarried , he would not have had the courage of his proclivities : he needed the pretence there had been because pretence was everything to him .
29 The proclamation may not have had the effect which was desired for the next lease to come to light is 17 years later , between Sir John Pennington bart. , and Thomas Gorsuch of London , described as a goldsmith .
30 And another boy might not have had the wits or the gentleness of this one . ’
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