Example sentences of "it not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a vote was not taken — it not having any constitutional value — the mood of the meeting was judged an even split for buying out . |
| 2 | The point in both appeals was whether the jury should have been allowed to hear the tape recording of the appellant 's interview with the police when they requested it after retirement , it not having been played to them during the course of the trial . |
| 3 | The trial judge refused , however , to set aside the charge , ‘ it not having been established that the bank or its officers exercised any undue influence over Mrs. Perry . ’ |
| 4 | Taylor was not only himself firm with Dissenters , but in a sermon which he preached before the Irish Parliament in 1661 he urged it not to have too much respect for tender consciences . |
| 5 | We have , as the novel suggests , been immersed for too long in a predominantly oral culture for it not to have permanently altered our minds . |
| 6 | Another ‘ Carry On ’ film — Carry on Regardless , which seemed to offer nothing new and might have died a death at the box office had it not had those magic first two words in the title which by now assured a box office hit . |
| 7 | Would it not have been too painful , not least having to watch another youngster take his first steps into the fatherless state ? |
| 8 | And does it not have the ludicrous implication that a two-month-old only knows more than the two-week-old because he is more active ? |
| 9 | Would it not have been a pipedream only six weeks ago to think that the Berlin Wall would be knocked down ? ’ |
| 10 | Yet would it not have been better for them if 't were not done at all ? |
| 11 | Why could it not have been there always , hard and black from the start ? |
| 12 | Since Death in Venice is also to be performed , would it not have been better to keep Grimes for the new house and to have included a Rossini opera as a nostalgic as well as topical reminder of golden evenings ? |
| 13 | What canals , bridges and noble roads would it not have made for us ? ’ |
| 14 | But would it not have been sensible to go and see for himself , before rushing off a wholly inaccurate letter ? |
| 15 | Would it not have been better to imagine the possibility of a different , better world ? |
| 16 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 17 | ‘ Would it not have been more usual for your daughter to have stayed with her mother ? ’ |
| 18 | If a pair of twins were born into one of these families , would it not have seemed significant indeed — a divine sign , a portent , a confirmation of expectations ? |
| 19 | But would it not have been better , he mused , to have left the banqueting hall and defended the Residency where there was a well ? |
| 20 | ‘ Could it not have been something innocent ? ’ |
| 21 | She reflected that if Time had needed to deposit its flotsam on her doorstep , could it not have taken the form of a steady young man who caught the 5.30 train home each evening , and played cricket at the weekends ? |
| 22 | But , in that case , would it not have been enough to defend Saudi Arabia and maintain the pressure on Saddam Hussein through sanctions ? |
| 23 | Would it not have been kinder had she pretended to be glad — since it was Christmas time , after all — when Odette had come rushing to show her that letter from her father ? |
| 24 | Could it or could it not have a bearing on this present case of murder ? |
| 25 | If that is the case , would it not have been better for the hon. Gentleman to keep his own counsel when he stated publicly that we were bound to fail in our negotiations ? |
| 26 | Would it not have helped British farmers if he had said that he was determined to support us and ensure that we succeeded ? |
| 27 | Even had the bid been financed mainly with borrowed cash , would it not have been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ? |
| 28 | I was just wondering should it not have a photograph ? |