Example sentences of "do not have [det] " in BNC.

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1 Children do not have that choice , and if they are not helped by those they rely on to deal with their frightening and disturbing feelings then they can suffer considerable harm .
2 Most of us do not have that sort of time to spare .
3 Some teams do not have that , but we have the capability of winning by scoring a lot of goals . ’
4 Historical events do not have that character at all : they do in fact occur in one way rather than another , but they could all conceivably have turned out quite differently .
5 If we do not have that , we shall not be in a competitive position in the future .
6 We do not have that penalty , but we have life imprisonment — which means between 20 to 30 years in the case of some of those convicted in the most serious cases .
7 Local authorities do not have that information at the moment .
8 All other students — those in further education , most of those on part-time courses in higher education and most postgraduate students — do not have that entitlement .
9 We do not have that in Britain and we need to build it into any changes .
10 I doubt whether many young people will be deterred by a fine of £1,000 or £5,000 , because they do not have that kind of money available .
11 However we do not have that luxury .
12 Moreover , they are often flown by early solo pilots who do not have much experience of flying them or of solo aerotowing .
13 For those who do not have much real competence in other languages , there is the possibility of coming to terms with poems in the older , more remote forms of English .
14 At low frequencies the signals do not have much carrying capacity , but go too high and the oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere can actually vibrate in sympathy with the radio waves , absorbing the signals .
15 Land Rovers do not self centre very much because in common with most beam axled four wheel drive vehicles they do not have much of a caster angle on the front axle .
16 People feel that they do not have much of a life , because in their terms , their lives seem unfulfilling and pointless .
17 Electrons may have enough thermal energy to jump between states in adjacent discs at ambient temperature , but this can be practically impossible at very low temperatures ( where the electrons do not have much energy ) in a very thin layer ( where the separation is large ) .
18 If you do not have much dressmaking ability but still want to make this type of use of the woven material produced by your knitting machine , you could well turn to the diagrams that most machine knitting patterns supply .
19 ’ John made it clear enough that he was thinking of the Roman curia : ‘ In our everyday ministry we often have to listen , greatly to our sorrow , to those … who do not have much discretion or balance ’ .
20 The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night .
21 Unlike many other professions or hobbies , photographers do not have much access to courses where they can hone their skills , although you will occasionally see ads on the back of the Irish Times .
22 That would take capital , and I do not have much money .
23 If consumerism is to be as important as this suggests , then the definition of consumer needs to be wide : it must include the ‘ hidden consumers ’ who do not have much contact with social services departments , and it needs to include both clients and their carers .
24 For lenders there is clearly a more desirable proposition in a public house that has a higher beverages or ‘ wet ’ side than a ‘ dry ’ side , because if someone wants to purchase a pub with a high ‘ dry ’ side , and they do not have much catering experience , then their turnover could diminish rapidly .
25 If , as I have suggested , the 12 members of the Community do not have much in common with us over sovereignty , what do we have in common over foreign affairs ?
26 In Raving Beauties , currently running at the Liverpool Playhouse , Paula plays one of those people whose lives do not have much to offer .
27 ‘ The children do not have much mobility and it can be dangerous for them to ride in the rain . ’
28 ‘ I 'll handle this , ’ said Dad ‘ Look Amy , you mother and I do not have much money .
29 The Bosnian Serbs , by themselves , are not a huge opposition ; they do not have many modern weapons ; their supplies of ammunition and spare parts would have been running out .
30 Council tenants , perhaps the ‘ fortunate few ’ in villages that do not have many local authority houses , are usually the more poorly paid rural workers and can include the homeless and ex-tied-cottagers rehoused under statutory obligations of councils .
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