Example sentences of "have not the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has not the Prime Minister managed to get the worst of all worlds by vetoing what he should have accepted — the social upgrading that we all want — and by half accepting what he should have vetoed — economic and monetary union , which will be deeply damaging and which will lock both this country and Europe into a decade of deflation ? |
| 2 | The Russian Girl has n't the frisky insouciance of the early work , nor the vituperative energies of his infamous middle period . |
| 3 | Although he was a yearling and still below full weight , he had not the harassed look of most " outskirters " — that is , the rank-and-file of ordinary rabbits in their first year who , lacking either aristocratic parentage or unusual size and strength , get sat on by their elders and live as best they can often in the open — on the edge of their warren . |
| 4 | Had not the Prime Minister himself said , and here I quote : ‘ We would be at the heart of Europe . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 6 | And it might have been worse had not the greenkeeping staff had wage rises from 2 10s. 0d. to £3 0s. 0d. and £2 0s. 0d. to 2 5s. 0d . |
| 7 | Had not the medieval burial guilds done precisely the same ? |
| 8 | The proceedings were enlivened by an intervention from the producers of King Mob Echo , which would have been Britain 's Situationist paper had not the local branch — if branch is the right word — been excluded by its international secretariat from membership . |
| 9 | Had not the American players been prepared to meet their own expenses , which included travel from often distant points of the continent , the game would never have taken place . |
| 10 | In addition there would be religious festivals , a commemoration of some event in the life of the Buddha , or the founding of a monastery , sometimes even a commemoration of the appearance of a nat or spirit , and interestingly the funeral of a monk , a time of great rejoicing and festivity , for had not the holy man entered Nirvana , and he would return no more to the wearisome cycle of human rebirths . |
| 11 | You had not the thin milk of New York and New England from the pap ; and you can therefore keep the environment outside you , and decently objective . |
| 12 | It was the company that Joanna Martin missed the most when she left to get married : " all the girls helped each other , and if you had n't the right kind of type , someone helped you " . |
| 13 | Why had n't the stupid boy said he would see Hank in school in the morning ? |
| 14 | He had n't the vicious streak that showed in his brother , and might prove a very good team-member . |
| 15 | Was n't this a property-owning democracy , had n't the Prime Minister told him so herself , did n't all our readers have mortgages , did I know how much prices in his road had gone up ? |
| 16 | ‘ You had n't the other night at Hatchett 's . |
| 17 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 18 | After all , had n't the insuperable iron ships , the powerful weapons , the all-conquering engines of the colonialists been born first in the determined spirit of Western man ? |
| 19 | In truth , therefore , serial variation forms have not the theme-based unity of the classical form . |
| 20 | ‘ We are of the same Line you and I , ma'am , and although I have not the ancient Samhailt , I understand it . |
| 21 | The creation of an effective world police force would involve the creation of a military force which we have not the political means to control . |
| 22 | We have n't The only thing we have is an . |
| 23 | ‘ But you 've got to ask the questions : why did n't the other shopkeepers have a problem , why have n't the new owners of the off-licence ? |
| 24 | We could have passed you off as the English rose of our collection , although I trust you have n't the natural frigidity of your British sisters . ’ |