Example sentences of "not have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of words which combine a fairly definite descriptive meaning with a valuational meaning it is rather a puzzle to say what correct linguistic usage bids one do , if one recognizes that something answers to the descriptive meaning , but does not have the attitude towards it which the word expresses in virtue of its ‘ value charge ’ , as one might put it . |
| 2 | We do not have the freedom to do just what we like . |
| 3 | Obviously an individual does not have the freedom to work . |
| 4 | Management does not have the freedom to optimise its own performance in pursuit of a single objective , or even in pursuit of a number of stable and compatible ones … |
| 5 | All her apprehensions were swallowed up in excitement , but then she did not have the responsibility of a wife and family . |
| 6 | ‘ They do not have the responsibility of administering a cash-starved council . ’ |
| 7 | In my experience , children find it extremely frustrating to be fired with enthusiasm for a topic but then to find that they simply do not have the skill to express themselves . |
| 8 | I needed a new winter coat , and did not have the skill that Wendy had to make one out of a blanket . |
| 9 | I did not have the skill to formulate sound arguments to counteract his taste for lawlessness , and explain why I could not partake in it . |
| 10 | Mostly , he does not have the skill and , there is no use in a specification that current technology can not meet . |
| 11 | Molton Brown , the British company based in London , may not have the quantity ( 48 eyeshadows and lipsticks , a dozen foundations , plus blushers and powders ) but it offers outstanding quality . |
| 12 | It is women who have to go alone ; whose lovers do not have the patience to wait at home and pray for them . |
| 13 | I fingered heavy silver and amber necklaces with starting prices of £200 but I did not have the patience or the energy to haggle down to the real price . |
| 14 | Anthony was fine with a pick , apparently , but when it came to scraping away layers of earth with a trowel and saving small pieces of pottery , he simply did not have the patience . |
| 15 | I asked him if he would teach John music , and explained the difficulty , as John wanted to know too soon and would not have the patience to practise . |
| 16 | The answer is that while they may not have the male 's full attention they do often get a good territory with plenty of food . |
| 17 | In 1979 , James Anderton , the Christian moralist chief constable of Greater Manchester , described the greatest threat to law and order as stemming from ‘ seditionist … interested groups who do not have the well-being of this country at heart and who mean to undermine democracy ’ ( Thompson 1979 : 380 ) . |
| 18 | One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials . |
| 19 | Conversely , this communication between specialists will be incomprehensible to those who do not have the expertise which resides in this particular set of models . |
| 20 | Both the head and the educational psychologist stressed the positive value of Cedars and the likely problems for Balbinder if he stayed on at his present school , which they told her did not have the expertise to cope with his needs . |
| 21 | It is generally occupied , at any one time , by one person , but it can sometimes be split between two people — a task manager and a task expert , where the manager does not have the expertise but acquires power through the capacity to get the task done . |
| 22 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ It is a piteous shame that you did not have the civility to ask my permission . |
| 24 | In contrast , a small or medium-sized business will require greater competence and versatility from its top management , because they will not have the benefits of support from functional specialists which are available to the top managers of large organisations . |
| 25 | They insist that planners do not and can not have the scale and quality of knowledge and foresight to regulate prices and output effectively . |
| 26 | We can imagine a situation where a decision needs to be made quickly and the official does not have the scope to take into account individual or local circumstances . |
| 27 | He does not have the lungs or larynx or the theatrical dynamic for it ; indeed , his own preference is for the small-scale gathering , almost a teach-in . |
| 28 | Despite the work of the transport users consultative committees , they do not have the teeth that ombudsmen would have . |
| 29 | Speed wants to come inside ( he really wants to play central mid-field , Strachan does not have the change of pace to beat a full-back any more . |
| 30 | ‘ At this moment he [ Calfa ] does not have the support of the Civic Forum , ’ said Mr Dienstbier . |