Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 2 | In Britain , such a vote would not have given the fascists power . |
| 3 | If he had , he would not have made the remarks he did . |
| 4 | The Report criticised the crew of the Croydon for not doing more to rectify the compass problems which they had experienced and for relying too heavily on D/F bearings , but it implied that the Darwin W/T station should not have stated the bearings of ‘ night error ’ , they should have known they were nothing of the sort . |
| 5 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 6 | Corr says she would not have reordered the books if they continued to include the word nigger . |
| 7 | He said dogs could not have killed the rabbits in the way they had been savagely slaughtered . |
| 8 | Yes , I 'd like to come back er to Mr Brighton on the question of regeneration in West Yorkshire , and er settlement South West of York , some people here today would not have heard the views of Leeds and Bradford on the H one discussions yet , about er why we are objecting to the restraints in three North Yorkshire districts , Harrogate , Craven , and er to less extent perhaps , Hambledon , on migration levels , erm we we argued there |
| 9 | That can not have pleased the Megarians or their daughter-cities in the region , like Byzantium . |
| 10 | Conversely Mortimer should not have invoked the earls to revolt against the king . |
| 11 | I do n't know whether it was mental or pyschological , but Watford should not have caused the problems they did . |
| 12 | However , minor changes which would not have altered the views of a reasonable shareholder may be disregarded by the court ( see Re Minster Assets plc [ 1985 ] BCLC 200 ) . |
| 13 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 14 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 15 | National data of the same quality used for the present analyses were not always available , though even 20% under-registration , which is unlikely , would not have affected the conclusions of this report . |
| 16 | But I could not have foreseen the circumstances . |
| 17 | Would we not have repeated the errors of 1914 by involving ourselves again in that region ? |
| 18 | At least out of the small side-windows he would not have seen the effects on the aircraft of those gusting winds . |
| 19 | Regardless of the experience of your senior nurse momentary aberrations do occur , particularly under pressure , and he or she may simply not have realised the implications of what was being asked . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , Lambie was followed on this point in Hamilton : the cashiers would not have completed the transactions had they known of the forgeries . |
| 21 | West Ham 's 4–0 home win against Norwich on Saturday , their biggest in the League this season , will not have helped the protesters ' cause . |
| 22 | He may not have attracted the cameras in quite the way the Princess did , but he certainly brought recognition and respectability to every company or organization whose threshold he crossed . |
| 23 | Asked why , knowing that such practices were illegal yet widespread , he had not made a stand against them , Sir Henry replied : ‘ Because we should not have got the players . ’ |
| 24 | For the south-east and in Burgundy , the arrangements of 511 could not have provided the sons of Chlothar with any precedent . |
| 25 | The House of Lords held that the cause of action accrued at vesting date , even though the appellants could not have proved the moneys were held by the respondents as authorised undertakers until the minister so decided . |
| 26 | There is no good reason why Britain should not have emulated the achievements of the Scandinavian countries who , profoundly influenced by their social democratic tradition , have set standards which in recent years our country has fallen well below . |
| 27 | He believed that with such experience she would not have resisted the orders of her assailant . |
| 28 | Completed shortly after he got out of the university , Nice Work retreated from academe to the extent of featuring a central character — Vic Wilcox , a dour Midlands MD — who , almost uniquely among his fictional creations , would not have read the novels of David Lodge . |
| 29 | Obviously the limits : we should not have taken the wires infinitely thin . |
| 30 | In our January issue , we omitted to say that we could not have taken the photographs of readers in all the colours of the rainbow without the cooperation of Debenhams in Western Road Brighton . |