Example sentences of "have not have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Records will show very shortly that we have not had a typical winter for this part of the country and that seems to be the main reason , ’ he told the environmental health committee yesterday . |
| 2 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
| 3 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 4 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 5 | They would claim that elections ( hitherto ) in the Soviet Union , or in , say , El Salvador or the Philippines under President Marcos , have not been free : the people have not had a genuine choice open to them . |
| 6 | He said last night : ‘ Until now we have not had a real marker which would tell a cancer cell from a normal cell . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Young people become homeless because they can not get a job and they can not get a job because they have not had a good education . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have not had a good day ; in fact I have not had two good days . |
| 9 | As a result far too many people emerge from their doctor , lawyer or bank manager feeling that they have not had a fair deal and have been treated as children rather than as adults who know their own mind . |
| 10 | The cruel would say they are all a load of balls and the more open-minded that they have not had a fair trial ( in cricket terms : a decent net ) . |
| 11 | IN spite of all the encouragement handed out by England in the shape of team trips here and there , it goes without saying that there are always individuals who , at the end of the day , will feel that they have not had a fair crack of the whip . |
| 12 | We have not had a trouble-free run . ’ |
| 13 | There is no need to point out to you the extent to which women are under-represented in the House , and many women will be disappointed to note that , on an agreement affecting the female population — especially in relation to maternity rights and pay — we have not had a proper hearing today . |
| 14 | The Down Orange Welfare and Ulster Service Corps ( both rural and small town ) have not had a single member imprisoned for a terrorist offence nor has the rural section of the Orange Volunteers . |
| 15 | Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet . |
| 16 | There are still a few thousand of the biggest losers who have not had a single penny increase in income from that day to this . |
| 17 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |
| 18 | But they have not had an easy time of it , as much of the garden was originally covered by a concrete driveway , and the soil , though fertile had a layer of ironstone at about the depth you need to plan shrubs . |
| 19 | The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on . |
| 20 | Does n't anybody else want to get up and scream DAVID HARVEY ! ! ! at the television , when ex wino Greavesie says Scotland have n't had a decent keeper in thirty years . |
| 21 | The thing is , you have n't had a brilliant neither of you two have had a brilliant reputation for a long time , right ? |
| 22 | Of course , for serious devilry the War Bag has to go by itself , and a camera would just be a liability , but I have n't had a real threat for a couple of years , since the time some big boys in the town took to bullying me in Porteneil and ambushing me on the path . |
| 23 | If you have n't had a good laugh about work in the past two days , something 's wrong . |
| 24 | Not because I have n't had a good run , just that I 'd like the run to continue . |
| 25 | ‘ Southend have n't had a good start , but they came back from two down at Luton on Saturday which suggests there 's nothing wrong with their character . ’ |
| 26 | Oh yes , , I do n't know , I do n't know whether women do , I have n't had a seventy seven year old women yet . |
| 27 | I have n't had a genuine thought in years ! |
| 28 | One of the things that 's wrong with British shipping is that too much of it is in the hands of ancient mariners , dyed-in-the-wool shipping families that have n't had a new idea since the days of sail . |
| 29 | I 'm no good at football , and I have n't had a steady job since last March , ’ he said glumly . |
| 30 | Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since ! |