Example sentences of "not have had a " in BNC.

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1 Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
2 Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
3 The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering .
4 ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard .
5 It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them .
6 She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’
7 It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) .
8 I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it .
9 His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle .
10 As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader …
11 I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching .
12 There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own .
13 However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance .
14 Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index .
15 Would his wife not have had a better quality of life with fewer children ?
16 However , computer simulations using state-of-the-art general atmospheric circulation models undertaken in Britain , Canada , Germany and the United States all suggest the fires will have added only 2–5 per cent to world emissions of carbon dioxide in 1991 and that this increase will not have had a significant influence on world climate change .
17 I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’
18 A number of the letters relate to diplomatic missions between Austrasia and Byzantium , but the collection can not have had a purely political purpose .
19 We could of , we , could we not have had a statement that er er er erm a certificate of conformity could be issued or will be issued ?
20 Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade .
21 Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match .
22 As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility .
23 ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added .
24 She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own .
25 Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’
26 ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession .
27 ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong .
28 The Latics could n't have had a better boost than Saturday 's four-goal demolition of Middlesbrough and Royle said : ‘ That was our best show this season .
29 It was a girl like Eve Malone , a little pikasheen who would n't have had a drink on her at all , that would end up in hospital .
30 On the other hand , you know all there is to be known about me : born Bigley Road , Grays , in Essex , twenty-six years old , wife Alice … who says if she had met you afore me I would n't have had a look-in — and she only saw you from a distance . ’
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