Example sentences of "not have [to-vb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 About half of the people detained under Immigration Act powers in general do not wish to challenge the decision that they should leave but they need help winding up their affairs here , contacting their friends and families and pressing the Home Office to process their cases quickly so that they do not have to spend unnecessarily long periods in prison .
2 She did not have to wait very long to find out .
3 Earlier , in the PPOA race , Fine Lace led four out and Tarry did not have to press too hard to beat Lady Tiki .
4 My father worked so hard that I did not have to give too much of my ‘ dole ’ money to housekeeping .
5 Given such easy money , he says , researchers do not have to give so much thought to their grant proposal , as they know that it will not face such a rigorous peer review .
6 Or the courts could call the application of a statutory term a question of law , but accept that it does not have to have only one meaning .
7 Miss Ray did not have to try very hard to find work in the theatre .
8 You do not have to climb too high to earn yourself splendid views over the country on the French side as well as a close-up sight of raptors perched or circling amongst the rocks .
9 The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . "
10 But on the other hand they 're not having to deal so much with another executor there is n't there has n't got to be so much to and fro correspondence and therefore the workload will be somewhat less and that 's likely to balance the extra responsibility element .
11 He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife .
12 However , as Map 1 shows , the adventurers should n't have to spend too much time in the mountains , but nonetheless such travel does have its perils .
13 He does n't have to take as many shots and gives more time to each one he wants .
14 Right now in Ethiopia and Eritrea , hundreds of thousands of families are hoping that they wo n't have to go away this year .
15 I was showing off because I did n't have to go there any more .
16 Cos if , if about eight percent of the people do n't have to vote anyway some people are n't gon na vote .
17 It will have to be Luxembourg , and three old ones that we 've done quite recently , so that we do n't have to waste too much time rehearsing them . ’
18 You could do a graph to show You do n't have to do so six countries , three indicators .
19 erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing
20 Well I did n't have to wait too long for you today .
21 Mick Quinn does n't have to say too much in his own defence apart from pointing to an average of 20 goals a season for 13 years , and 13 in 10 starts since August .
22 She would n't have to get very drunk , thought Henry .
23 You do n't have to write very much .
24 It means I do n't have to work too hard to get into university but I will try anyway for myself , ’ she said .
25 What 's more , so that you do n't have to walk too far to get from place to place , most of the nightlife is crammed into one strip no more than 400 metres long , which has bars , cafés and discos on 3 levels , just like one enormous night club with over 50 bars and dance floors .
26 But you will be building up a useful nest egg and wo n't have to pay either capital gains or income tax on the money you get back .
27 So if you were in receipt of income support then you do n't have to pay very much .
28 ‘ Easy , and you would n't have to pay so much . ’
29 But if this because it 's old or something they do n't have to pay so much the
30 It means Gary does n't have to pay as much on the mortgage .
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