Example sentences of "[modal v] not have [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child may not have enough time to finish one before the next is shovelled in and so gag . |
| 2 | These are such things as jealousy ( like my experiences of it ) and also if you are friendly with a popular person , they may not have enough time to get to know you as they are too absorbed in other friends . |
| 3 | Its leaders called for a postponement of the multiparty elections scheduled for Feb. 10 , 1991 , on the grounds that they would not have sufficient time to organize a campaign , but this demand was immediately rejected by the government . |
| 4 | If the timing is right this will mean that any coordination through ‘ background effects ’ will not have sufficient time to become established even by signals travelling at the speed of light . |
| 5 | I am delighted that I have been able to hit on that point , because the flexibility means that the Opposition can not claim that they will not have enough time to debate those clauses . |
| 6 | Eventually a point is reached where the signals , even travelling at the speed of light , will not have enough time to reach their destinations if the clock speed is further increased . |