Example sentences of "have n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leopardstown 's race has n't the charisma of last year when Dr Devious took on St Jovite , but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 2 | I think she thought Emily would be able to earn her living as a governess or lady 's companion , in the end , but she 's too idle and she has n't the wit . |
| 3 | Has n't the abattoir gone ? |
| 4 | Well it has , but but the level that we 're pitching at has n't the level at which |
| 5 | The thing with protest songs is that pop 's always been about the immediate , spontaneous and puerile , it has n't the patience to slog through sub-committees and lobbying and making orderly demands through the proper channels . |
| 6 | Its products are no longer in demand , it has n't the capital or the rating to expand or diversify ; its management is moribund . |
| 7 | The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill . |
| 8 | Mr Hennessy says the council has n't the money to help the rink |
| 9 | If he has n't the will or the stomach to do that , he had better make way for someone who has before millions intended to help this country are thrown away . |
| 10 | If the news is really not so bad , why has n't the government said so ? |
| 11 | If the Act is as good as it is claimed in their motion , why has n't the Government ensured proper funding for it ? |
| 12 | In tha has n't the outhouse next door ? |
| 13 | But he has n't the nerve for this kind of thing . |
| 14 | ‘ Has n't the job kept you too busy for aimless wandering among trees ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He says he has n't the time to do a good job . |
| 16 | ‘ Gosh , has n't the time gone quickly ? ’ |
| 17 | He confesses he has n't the face to make enquiries about methods and means of contraception , even in the most indirect way . |
| 18 | Trainer Frank Berry reckons he is now in the clear but he has n't the form to recommend him . |
| 19 | But she had n't the patience for that . |
| 20 | Often he suspected he had n't the capacity to sustain either love or hate . |
| 21 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 22 | Frequently they had n't the money . |
| 23 | So , people tried to set up unions to improve living & working conditions , but this failed , because the workers had n't the money , knowledge or power . |
| 24 | he 's either up the stairs well he came down one night right enough he was talking to his girl on the phone , she phones him through the week and er he was a bit depressed because he he had n't the money , he 's , he 's on the and he has n't really the money to give in for housekeeping plus try and get driving lessons and his daddy wo n't let him |
| 25 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 26 | After a few days , nine or ten , I wondered if it would aid things to pay a visit to Scotland , but I had n't the purpose for it , let alone the money . |
| 27 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 28 | Jim was all for going on , for expanding , for advancing rather than retreating , but Cliff was beginning to think that after all he had n't the temperament for it , he could n't stand the anxiety , he did n't enjoy the suspense : all he wanted was security , independence , freedom from worry , being his own man . |
| 29 | A few seconds later , he gasped in realization : had n't the scientist referred to his tardy colleague as ‘ he ’ ? |
| 30 | And , in case that was n't enough to show the people where their duty lay , had n't the Church 's ban on Fenianism been reinforced later by a papal decree ? |