Example sentences of "not having a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday , Chief Insp Fordy said Mr Jackson was accused of not having a firearms certificate for a shotgun and a rifle . |
| 2 | Princess Alexandra 's niece , Emma Louise Ogilvy , 30 , pleaded guilty by letter to not having a TV licence . |
| 3 | By not having a visitors book ? |
| 4 | When knitting with more than two colours and not having a colour changer I found that no matter where I place the cones on the floor , the colour I was knitting always became entangled with the others not in use . |
| 5 | " Thank goodness , I 'm not having a heart attack " was my reaction . |
| 6 | Not having a glue gun I put small bits of hot melt glue in a ring around the face plate and heat them with a heat lamp until the glue melts and a bond with the circle of wood can be made . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've loved being single and independent in my 20s , ’ says Anthea , ‘ but , as 30 beckons , I 'm asking myself if not having a life partner by now means that I may never have one . |
| 8 | He never , she maintains , missed not having a family life or the presence of children . |
| 9 | This loses a slight degree of sensitivity by not having a dropper shot but usually does the trick of holding the float stationary . |
| 10 | To be fined twelve quid for not having a safety belt on and on top of the ninety quid and the forty quid and one thing and another . |
| 11 | This now enables the Commission to investigate and control those " concentrations " ( i.e. mergers and takeovers ) which have a " Community dimension " , while those mergers not having a Community dimension remain subject to domestic policies . |
| 12 | Not having a swimming pool , the boys merely had occasional periods at the Town Baths , and were unlikely to make any great splash in the swimming championships . |
| 13 | Appendix III shows the almost circular relationship between not having a bank account and using relatively costly forms of credit . |
| 14 | Yet another way in which not having a bank account makes people more likely to fall into the non-chooser group , the automatic users of one or other type of credit , is that people without bank accounts are likely to be paid weekly , in cash . |
| 15 | At all events it will be thicker than the existing glass , and will improve the sound insulation quality of the door , in spite of not having a 75mm space between the two panes . |
| 16 | But not having a learning difficulty is no guarantee of competent parenthood , any more than a learning difficulty label automatically means the reverse . |
| 17 | While urine testing remains the single most useful screening test for diabetes and the adequacy of its management , blood testing in addition provides definitive information and avoids the pitfall of a high renal threshold not uncommon in older patients , or the problem of not having a urine specimen immediately available . |
| 18 | Well , it says on the bottom of the , your copy of the charge sheet , production of driving license you must produce it , failure to produce it will mean that it is automatically suspended and it also means you 've committed yet another offence by not having a driving licence here to produce Mr ! |
| 19 | Failure to produce it will mean that it is automatically suspended and it also means you 've committed yet another offence by not having a driving licence here to produce Mr . |
| 20 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 21 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 22 | 12 ALTHOUGH he is an Italian , created by a Japanese , a recent New York Times editorial said : ‘ Not having a Nintendo is like not having a baseball bat . ’ |
| 23 | In some circumstances , of course , this perception is justified : if you are a boy in Tanzania selling peanuts in the street in order to survive , you may be perfectly correct in your perception that the policeman approaching you is going to blackmail you for not having a street seller 's license , rather than to assist you in making an honest living . |
| 24 | I hope that the proposed union will receive more support not only from the Government but from the House , because not having a monopoly union in the prison service must be healthy , especially if the monopoly union brings about so many disputes . |