Example sentences of "not having [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's better if children see their parents in a normal existence and not having certain attentions thrown their way . |
| 2 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 3 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 4 | but I 'm n I 'm certainly not having little plastic ducks |
| 5 | I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) . |
| 6 | I think I was just miserable , and it was far easier to believe the reason was something I could do something about , rather than face the fact that my depression was very complicated , based on things like my family not having much money , and feeling very isolated and different from the kids at school . |
| 7 | However , the military were not having much success so far . |
| 8 | You 're not having much luck this morning , are you ? ’ |
| 9 | Not having much luck is he ? |
| 10 | I 'm not having much luck painting round |
| 11 | Well we 're not having much joy with these people from I mean I 've rung them about four times in the last er week . |
| 12 | ‘ somebody who 's not complying with consent conditions and yet is not having much effect on the river , it probably means the consent condition is not right to start with . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't regret not having much time to pamper myself in the bathroom , as the inclination is n't there . |
| 14 | I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 . |
| 15 | Not getting semen or menstrual blood in the mouth is an obvious way of reducing this risk even more ( by stopping before ejaculation , or not having oral sex during the woman 's period ) . |
| 16 | His parents believe he immersed himself in his studies as a form of compensation for not having many friends . |
| 17 | I had to bawl those people out for not having due consideration to the effects of other human beings and the problems that they have . |
| 18 | You 're not having fizzy pop , hurt your belly . |
| 19 | And if Gemma had chosen , at the end of the day , to bestow her well-dowered hand upon a penniless stranger then Amabel had no apologies to make for it , since the Queen had done the very same ; her German Albert , although a prince and full of education and charm , not having two farthings to call his own . |
| 20 | Bringing a group of patients together is a useful way of getting patients currently content with one injection a day to enquire why they are not having two injections a day as are the other patients they have met . |
| 21 | If we are not having that conversation at the initial design stage when the total project for production is certainly many months ahead if not years ahead . |
| 22 | Er , a very negative form of er , of behaviour , can be , you can actually get highly directive , and start telling people , erm , we 've already identified that influences , not having that ability to tell , it 's something that people try and do it , it 's a , it 's a facade , that people put up and get behind them . |
| 23 | It 's the cost effect of not having that information , that 's going be a cost on the client if he comes and wants |
| 24 | Equally , one could accuse the Scottish Office of not having sufficient knowledge of Scotland to make correct decisions . |
| 25 | I think that 's a fair comment to say , despite not having clear plans . |
| 26 | Unlike its parent CD-ROM , multimedia has suffered from not having clear standards . |
| 27 | ’ No brakes , no lights , no insurance , the owners not having driving documents . |
| 28 | On the one hand , if they go along unquestioningly they may lose their autonomy , and their subordinates will see them as not having significant influence with corporate . |
| 29 | I 'm not having another female in this house ; we 've got enough . ’ |
| 30 | Right I 'm not , not having those pennies , change that for a ten . |