Example sentences of "[not/n't] having [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Elisabeth condemned the municipality for not having commemorated a remarkable Danish woman , she blamed Holberg , Blicher , J.P . |
| 2 | Once the first stage had used up its fuel you leave it behind so you 're not having to push the empty casing . |
| 3 | Smaller companies or companies not having made a previous acquisition will often ask us to act as intermediaries . |
| 4 | On July 12 Castro congratulated the deputies on " not having made the least concession in these difficult moments " ( referring to the growing economic crisis ) . |
| 5 | So he just kicked himself for not having made the obvious connection . ’ |
| 6 | She shrugged and looked away , over to where Hector was investigating a hole in the base of the stable wall , not having noticed the new arrival . |
| 7 | Still has that remarkable record of not having missed a single game since he signed for Leicester from Sheffield United . |
| 8 | It promises to be an intriguing clash with Saints aiming to extend their magnificent Regal Trophy record of not having lost a first round match for 11 years the best run in the competition which they share with cup kings Wigan . |
| 9 | Britain thus paid a heavy and increasing penalty for not having joined the European Economic Community in the early post-war period . |
| 10 | Moreover , he assesses such people ( in his book The Nightmare , 1985 ) as being ‘ markedly open and defenceless , not having developed the psychological protection most people have … they have thin boundaries ( between conscious and unconscious states ) and let things through . ’ |
| 11 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 12 | Therefore the woman , not having had the same training as a man can not possibly demand the same wage ; also not being physically as strong , she can not compete with him where heavy lifting is required . |
| 13 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 14 | The more computer power is available , the faster business can be transacted , and the heavier become the competitive penalties for not having to hand the right information about your business and its environment . |
| 15 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 16 | TASS argued that they had nothing to withdraw , not having taken the original decision to strike . |
| 17 | An earnout will provide a purchaser with a cash flow advantage in not having to pay the extra consideration upfront . |
| 18 | He left Cambridge the following year , not having sat the mathematical tripos because of his delicate health , and became a barrister of the Inner Temple . |
| 19 | They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game . |