Example sentences of "[not/n't] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 2 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 3 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 4 | Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ? |
| 5 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 6 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 7 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added . |
| 9 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 10 | However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change . |
| 11 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 12 | His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle . |
| 13 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 14 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 15 | The Latics could n't have had a better boost than Saturday 's four-goal demolition of Middlesbrough and Royle said : ‘ That was our best show this season . |
| 16 | Clearly each player so honoured brings his own style and personality to the job and we could n't have had a better example than from David Sole . |
| 17 | In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation . |
| 18 | ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong . |