Example sentences of "not having the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps people realise that in England these women are ultimately powerless , so they feel there is no point in helping them , or perhaps they think that the sons are to a certain extent justified , or may be it is just a matter of people not having the time or energy to do anything about it . |
| 2 | Martin Brundle put the Brabham-Yamaha into 12th place on the grid — despite not having the benefit of special fuel for qualifying and a rev limit of 12,000rpm as opposed to the 13,000rpm-plus enjoyed by other V12 users . |
| 3 | While not having the concentrations of poisonous gases found in petrol engine exhausts , they give out far more ‘ particulates ’ ( soot ) . |
| 4 | Held up in a jam on , say , the M25 we curse the planners for not having the foresight to have built a five-lane motorway joining up to other five-lane motorways . |
| 5 | ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon . |
| 6 | For not having the obsessive singlemindedness — the bloody-minded selfishness — which permits a few male artists to be geniuses . |
| 7 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
| 8 | Things grew to the point that he ran away and , not having the bus fare , walked the five or six miles home . |
| 9 | Then there are the consequences of not having the service available . |
| 10 | Not having the weight on the centreline . |
| 11 | Not having the weight on the centreline . |
| 12 | Contributions to recurrent costs were about Z$420 million ( about Z$100 per pupil per year ) .7 This parental involvement is theoretically voluntary , but parents are presented with the option of participating or not having the schools they want . |
| 13 | It is in these circumstances that there occurs , according to Merton , a situation of anomie , with people striving for goals of material success , but not having the opportunities to reach them through legitimate means . |
| 14 | The official protested , but Miss Royal said , ‘ I am NOT having the poor old man frightened . |
| 15 | Not having the courage for this ploy , I just went without . |
| 16 | He pronounced it ‘ Sig-Nora ’ , not having the benefit of correct pronunciation via the radio or television . |
| 17 | Defences which may be available include : an Act of God ; the plaintiff 's consent ; or where the odour nuisance is a result of the act of a trespasser and the owner or occupier is ignorant of the nuisance , not having the means of knowing of the nuisance in time to prevent or abate its effect . |
| 18 | The smaller one day races , whilst not having the same cult status , are treated just as seriously with most races offering trophies and some even cash prizes . |
| 19 | The obligatory formation air-to-air session was completed without difficulty as the Aircoupe , whilst not having the fastest set of control and throttle responses in the world , is nonetheless quite easy to place accurately . |
| 20 | At an impromptu Press conference , unionist councillors accused Secretary of State Peter Brooke of not having the guts to take on the IRA . |
| 21 | While not having the sea views of nearby Gullane or Kilspindie , the course was a great challenge to one 's golf , and I found the lunches the best of any club-house in Britain . |
| 22 | He muttered to Christine who said , ‘ He 's very sorry about not having the figure . |
| 23 | And she would still be listening to Mama 's complaining and thinking up excuses for not having the wedding just yet , which had n't been fair of her , really , because she did want to marry Charlie . |
| 24 | Clearly upset at such a slight on Jay 's character Mr Morgan retorted : ‘ If you are taking that attitude you are not having the ball back . ’ |
| 25 | The distribution of amber beads in southern England has been considered when weighted in terms of their density per person per area ( Arnold 1980 ) emphasising that Kent was a major consumer despite not having the greatest density in raw terms . |
| 26 | A company seeking to recruit in this specialty area would , if they used a search consultant , immediately reveal themselves as not having the right contacts in the market . |
| 27 | Milgram varied the context of the experiment systematically , sometimes by allowing the ‘ teacher ’ to see the effects of the shocks on the ‘ learner ’ , sometimes having them in the same room , sometimes not having the learner scream in pain , and so on . |
| 28 | Four ‘ change-facilitating factors ’ are picked out by Ramon ; heavy and unchanging reliance on segregated institutions ; the existence of a minority of psychiatrists prepared to act politically ( while not having the desire to act in a party political framework ) ; the autonomous nature of the regions leading to more enthusiastic reform beginning in socialist and communist areas ; and perhaps most importantly for the concerns of this book , |
| 29 | Not having the craft to beat him , he resorts to force . |
| 30 | She began to look into alternative methods of treatment — natural remedies , hypnotherapy , etc — and resented me for not participating and not having the right attitude . |