Example sentences of "[not/n't] have have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Family counselling does not have to have a historical basis . |
| 2 | Firms do not have to have a written relocation policy ; although there are obvious advantages if they do . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 5 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 6 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 7 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 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 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 14 | His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle . |
| 15 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She could not have had an easy childhood . |
| 18 | Most of us have to admit that although our parents may not have had an ideal marriage , we have learned a lot of valuable lessons from them . |
| 19 | Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c . |
| 20 | Portsmouth could not have had an easier preparation than they had against a flimsy Grimsby side . |
| 21 | The marriage of Chlothild , therefore , may not have had the ominous implications which the bishop of Tours attributed to it . |
| 22 | It may be that we could not have had the best of Connors without the worst of him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Without man-made snow we would not have had the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics . |
| 24 | Ana came out of the pool at that moment and it was a good job she could n't see or her face would not have had the happy smile . |
| 25 | Certainly , an oil engine and clutch system would not have had the same degree of flexibility as a steam engine , even if a suitable engine had been available . |
| 26 | To have just lost and not been so dreadful might not have had the same impact . |
| 27 | ‘ Chastity ’ may not have had the same social meaning for a working-class girl , accustomed to different courtship and marriage patterns , as for a middle-class young lady . |
| 28 | Be careful about contemporary words that seem familiar but may not have had the same meaning or implication in the modern period . |
| 29 | This would not have had the same meaning as it has today for the term park originally meant land enclosed to keep beasts for hunting or ornamental purposes . |
| 30 | Using my 7 × 50 binoculars I was able to locate it at once , though I would not have had the slightest hope of finding it had I not been told exactly where it was . |