Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyer has no lien over rejected goods and therefore must hand them over on request even though he has not received the return of his purchase money , Lyons v. May & Baker ( 1923 K.B. ) . |
| 2 | Hughes is convinced that the North West , its tales of achievement drowned out by London 's much-trumpeted experiences , has not received the credit it deserves for its wartime resilience . |
| 3 | Just because the regional dimension has not received the attention afforded to monetary union , that does not mean that it is less important to our future economic well-being . |
| 4 | The increase in complaints may have something to do with the fact that we believe that it is important that if someone has not received the care to which he thinks he is entitled from the NHS , his right to complain should not be a well-kept secret , as has too often happened in the past . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note that Rolfe & Nolan 's chairman is Tim Hearley , also chairman of C. H. Industries , which , unfortunately , has not survived the recession ; administrators were appointed in March . |
| 6 | While the core objections to the reforms are founded on points of principle , the anger of solicitors and others has been fuelled by the fact that civil legal aid has not caused the rise in the total bill for legal aid . |
| 7 | But this simplistic account of that crucial phase of evolution has not stood the test of modern investigation . |
| 8 | Unfortunately the detailed work on which that revision is itself based has only been published in Soviet journals in Russian , so has not stood the test of scrutiny by Western astronomers . |
| 9 | If the child says , ‘ I dislike Auntie Kate ’ but seeks her company , holds her by the hand when they go out for a walk , and so on , we would conclude that he has not understood the word dislike . |
| 10 | I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman has not understood the working of housing benefit . |
| 11 | The diversity of papers produced for the conference in November 1988 which gave birth to the association , as well as the enthusiastic reception accorded to the novelist and film maker Sembene Ousmane when he addressed the participants , suggest that the teaching of African literature in French has not involved the depoliticisation of its content that often occurs when works of art become the object of academic study . |
| 12 | The man who kicks his car because it refuses to start ( and he has not checked the petrol gauge ) is not unlike the toddler who kicks the table for walking into him . |
| 13 | Insurers say a non-smoker is someone who has not puffed the weed for 12 months and does n't plan smoking again . |
| 14 | But Mr Maurice Barnes , chairman of the AMA housing committee , said it was disappointing that the commission has not asked the Government to reverse the housing benefit changes . |
| 15 | I invite the hon. Lady to read the newspapers even if she has not asked the operator about plans for the use of its facilities . |
| 16 | And who has not felt the strength that love of the world |
| 17 | Luckily my mother was not seriously hurt , but the woman responsible has not felt the need to enquire how my mother is . |
| 18 | A subsequent letter from the SAC has not explained the freeze , although the orchestra was asked for information on how its four-year plan is affected by the level of the grant as confirmed . |
| 19 | If however it has not reached the scale then level your wings and hold a 40° intercept ( 050° in fig 52 ) and continue your turn when it is 1 to 2 dots on the scale . |
| 20 | They admit that this method has not reached the precision required for routine application ( because a 20% false negative and almost 20% false positive rate is too high ) , but it shows great promise . |
| 21 | The product still has not reached the market and , while spokespersons for the Australian companies avoid saying that the project has been shelved , there appears to be no clear launch plan or marketing strategy . |
| 22 | In our view one of the difficulties associated with curriculum initiatives which originate from outside of the school is the temptation to say yes to good ideas , funds , and other resources , when the school has not reached the point where this particular initiative fits into its evolutionary development of staff and curriculum . |
| 23 | He has not visited the cliff , but questions the Frenchman 's ability to climb at the highest levels . |
| 24 | Although in the case of the UK there have been substantial additions to the official reserves in recent years ( a consequence of foreign exchange market intervention , even though the UK has , technically , a floating or market-determined exchange rate ) this growth in the reserves has not matched the increase in capital flows . |
| 25 | First , the rhetoric of deregulation has not matched the reality : enterprise zones and Freeports have largely proved mundane . |
| 26 | Few people perhaps would disagree with this as a moral principle or ethic but , in practice , the reality has not matched the ideal . |
| 27 | All services have grown in absolute terms , but in per capita terms the provision of meals and of home helps has not matched the growth in the population aged 75+ and 85+ . |
| 28 | Most damagingly , Ms Campbell has not heeded the wartime warning recalled by mariners in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia as they marked last month 's 50th anniversary of victory in the Battle of the Atlantic : ‘ Loose lips sink ships . ’ |
| 29 | Thus in Europe , automobiles have been subjected to a good deal of standardization in matters concerning safety and pollution , but that has not precluded the car industry from providing a vast range of choice in terms of styling and performance . |
| 30 | Granted that the firm has not broken the law , is the law what it should be ? |