Example sentences of "if we [verb] not have " in BNC.

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1 And if we do not have the right drugs for a particular adjustment , research on orthodox lines will often find one .
2 This would mean that all of the degrees in theology , faithful church attendance and good works are worthless if we do not have it together in this one area .
3 If we do not have such rights then , it may be asked , what do we have ?
4 The result applies even if we do not have all > 0 since the device of adding a constant K to all terms simply adds K to and .
5 If we do not have appropriate housing and personal assistance , then such basic human rights are unachievable .
6 We can hold off making a decision if we do not have enough information .
7 Because if we do not have objectives we drift or stagnate or follow every temptation .
8 We are all for safer streets if we do not have to contribute to the cost .
9 If we do not have that , we shall not be in a competitive position in the future .
10 Jimmy McGregor , a member of the legislative council , said , ‘ If we did not have to depend on China we would be looking at a most marvellous future . ’
11 Our newsletter would take a large slice of the membership fees if we did not have our advertisers .
12 If we did not have this sense , we would view those suicides as silly neurotics who were either mad or stupid .
13 This purely pictorial device is something we should never have imagined possible in fifth-century sculpture if we did not have it before us .
14 If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently .
15 If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently .
16 Now Dennis will not sit on any of the committees , well we simply could not get our view and the representation that we want if we did not have erm membership of er particular er committees .
17 He would have to bump up taxes , or impose higher interest rates or stiffer credit controls if we did not have the security of being a monetary member of the Community .
18 And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force .
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