Example sentences of "not [vb infin] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 2 | Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about . |
| 3 | They did not need to have a row for Barry to feel constantly undermined by Helen 's attitudes , spoken and unspoken . |
| 4 | This is a question on which I do not vet have a view . |
| 5 | I see wide attackers being allowed to come inside for shots , centre-backs who do not appear to have a clue about positional play and plenty of evidence to suggest that we are no longer producing defenders with the ability and confidence to cope on their own . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , he does not appear to have a copy of them with him . |
| 7 | According to the Lords 's report on the water industry , 191 do not appear to have an owner and valid engineers ' reports ( required under the 1930 Reservoirs Act ) can not be found for more than half of them . |
| 8 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
| 9 | Whilst Alison states at the end of Chapter 11 that she would not like to have a period as it would signify that she had ‘ let up ’ control over her body , Freya feels quite differently , realising that getting her periods back would be a good sign of recovery . |
| 10 | It did not have to have a name . |
| 11 | It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) . |
| 12 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 13 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 14 | Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ . |
| 15 | It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them . |
| 16 | We could of , we , could we not have had a statement that er er er erm a certificate of conformity could be issued or will be issued ? |
| 17 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
| 18 | Nor was there any question of hoarding treasure for a rainy day : a king 's status was related to his generosity and to the display of wealth ; hence Chilperic 's salver made to the glory of the Franks ; hence also the fact that on the death of the magnate Rauching , who can not have had an income comparable to that of a king , more treasure was found in his coffers than was held in the royal treasury . |
| 19 | I would not wish to have a debate on only the ERM because many other matters need to be raised . |
| 20 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 21 | Had she merely stated that she did not wish to have a baby , she would have been considered failing in what she saw as her role in life . |
| 22 | Using analysis of variance in unifactorial and multifactorial models , age did not seem to have a bearing on any of the parameters of esophageal function . |
| 23 | In addition , in Britain there is the peculiar phenomenon of the exercise of influence by groups that , according to the crude calculations of political arithmetic , do not seem to have a power base at all . |
| 24 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 25 | Er yes sir it does not seem to have a photograph of the officer who it just has his name . |
| 26 | The two main findings of this study are that ( i ) capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones do not seem to have an affect on rapid repair of injured gastric mucosa , although they contribute to the defence against injury , and ( ii ) anaesthetics can affect the recovery of gastric mucosa from damage . |
| 27 | We found that patients who were significantly younger er sorry we found that patients who were counselled for retrograde ejaculation were significantly younger er but we also found that marital status did not seem to have an effect on whether they were counselled for retrograde ejaculation or not . |
| 28 | Yet the marked expansion in the French kingdom 's territorial size between 1204 and 1259 could not fail to have an impact upon such claims to autonomy and independence . |
| 29 | An ideology of greed and selfishness , passed off as self-sufficiency , and of untrammelled individual aspirations passed off as ambition , can not fail to have an effect upon upper-world crime . |
| 30 | In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’ |