Example sentences of "[modal v] not have had the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 And another boy might not have had the wits or the gentleness of this one . ’
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 . ’
11 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 .
12 He would not have had the opportunity to command the attention of the media .
13 In any case he would not have had the confidence to approach one .
14 I know that in the past I would not have had the confidence to let children work on the problem .
15 The fact that growing numbers of students are making the personal decision to go into higher education each year suggests strongly that our system of student support , far from providing a deterrent , is encouraging more people to go into higher education , who perhaps would not have had the confidence to do so or the belief that it is appropriate for them .
16 You attempt things you previously would not have had the courage to do because you know you possess the power to save yourself ’ .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 ( They will not have had the chance to mate with males from their own stock culture . )
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