Example sentences of "[not/n't] have a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has not had a good season with injury and must be a bit depressed — he wants to be playing . |
| 2 | The House has not had a good record in the past years . |
| 3 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
| 4 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
| 5 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
| 6 | Since the Root Thesaurus did not emerge until 1981 , it has not had a great impact on existing thesauri to date , but it could well be important in the future . |
| 7 | She had not had a violent case of laughing for years . |
| 8 | ‘ Records will show very shortly that we have not had a typical winter for this part of the country and that seems to be the main reason , ’ he told the environmental health committee yesterday . |
| 9 | By the looks of Carla she had not had a decent meal for weeks . |
| 10 | With the exception of preparation for his meeting with Kiichi Miyazawa , the prime minister of Japan , he has still not had a full-blown meeting on trade with his economic team . |
| 11 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |
| 12 | Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet . |
| 13 | David Burns , who heads a service in Chicago that matches athletes and advertisers , told Associated Press he had not had a single inquiry about Yamaguchi since her Olympic win , watched by one of the biggest television audiences for the Winter Games . |
| 14 | Retail has not had a high profile in Marxist discussions of these issues . |
| 15 | In Skipton , North Yorkshire , The Gargrave Park rehabilitation centre has not had a full referral since 1 April , leaving five of its seven beds empty . |
| 16 | ’ participation in the nuclear weapons test programme had not had a detectable effect on the participants ' expectation of life , nor on their total risk of developing cancer ’ |
| 17 | IN spite of all the encouragement handed out by England in the shape of team trips here and there , it goes without saying that there are always individuals who , at the end of the day , will feel that they have not had a fair crack of the whip . |
| 18 | Their lot , they felt , had not had a proper turn since the defeat of the left in the civil war of the late 1940s . |
| 19 | Dan had not had a proper job for over ten years . |
| 20 | These latter examples may be more appropriate for those countries or regions with large rural populations or that do not have a well-developed system of local educational institutions comparable to the community colleges , technical institutes or the like that are found in Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , and the US . |
| 21 | However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure . |
| 22 | Based on actuarial calculations , such a step would not have a long-term impact on the provision for pensions , they claimed . |
| 23 | However , the major question raised by section I(2) of the Criminal Damage Act is why English law does not have a general offence of endangerment . |
| 24 | Those with a recent interest in politics , who found the election interesting but did not have a general interest in politics at other times , gave PEBs high ratings for usefulness on leaders , issues , and voting choice . |
| 25 | Church funds also came to be used in special cases to buy the emancipation of Christian slaves , but the church did not have a general programme for the abolition of slavery . |
| 26 | One may appear in person before the court , but solicitors do not have a general right of audience ; hence a solicitor must instruct a barrister to appear before the court on the litigant 's behalf — note , however , the provisions of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ( ss. 27–33 ) discussed above . |
| 27 | Hess did not have a normal christening for Wolf Rudiger , the Fuhrer does not think them good enough for Nazis . |
| 28 | A high turnover of newcomers does not have a serious effect on the community if a substantial group of native families remain rooted in the same spot , but if over the years it is the oldest families that are emigrating then the parish structure will be unstable . |
| 29 | If the policy-making area is technical and complex , public officials have a decided advantage , even though the state may not have a total monopoly of technically relevant knowledge in policy areas where it is pursuing corporatist arrangements . |
| 30 | Because we do not have a suitable track on which to run a World Superbike round , the idea of running one in England under the Irish flag of convenience was hailed as a lucrative alternative , beneficial to the ACU and MCUI . |