Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly the trousers must come at least mid-way down the shins and must not have fraying edges which can whip across the opponent 's eyes . |
| 2 | A ‘ liveable ’ street must not have fast or heavy traffic , or else it will be abandoned to transport , even though its design may not be appropriate for this use . |
| 3 | It should be regarded as a non-secure , learning environment only , and should not have live data entered into it except for training purposes . |
| 4 | A toy should not have sharp edges or be small enough to be swallowed or jammed in the throat , neither should it break or tear into dangerous pieces . |
| 5 | He had offered China talks and the chance to make counter proposals , but talks about talks foundered on Beijing 's insistence that Hong Kong representatives in the team should not have equal status . |
| 6 | Parents should not have wrong expectations of their children . |
| 7 | ‘ The diet should not have excessive calories and saturated fats . ’ |
| 8 | Those considered for treatment should not have abnormal liver , cardiac or renal function as the physiological stress of high dose treatment may be dangerous . |
| 9 | And you must n't have outside bells , must n't have outside bells here because you 'd you 'd get so much opposition from those people |
| 10 | And you must n't have outside bells , must n't have outside bells here because you 'd you 'd get so much opposition from those people |
| 11 | but even so we would like to think that erm that we can do the design work surely for the original tender figures , er and hope that our erm our drawings and er specifications are such that erm , and our site investigations are such that we should n't have major claims appearing on on our jobs . |
| 12 | But she said but having white you know most people you speak to say oh white you should n't have white because of this and because of that . |
| 13 | Erm there 's no reason why you should n't have double that size the the the basic one is three metres square . |
| 14 | In themselves they may not have great meaning . |
| 15 | Screening services are often fragmented , and the public may not have equal access to particular screening programmes . |
| 16 | These include tigers and other dangerous creatures that may or may not have material form at any given time , ghosts , as well as ‘ spirits ’ — the waterfall mara ’ that causes tuberculosis ; the tree mara ’ that kills a person 's ‘ soul ’ by breaking its neck , bringing sickness and death in a single day ; the hilltop mara ’ that twists and shrivels limbs , and so on . |
| 17 | The Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights , a radical anti-statist grouping whose members included some repealers , launched a counter-attack against the new act , complaining that : ‘ Miss Hopkins … is at present … crying for the wholesale kidnapping of little girls who may not have perfect domestic surroundings and their consignment to large prison schools . ’ |
| 18 | In many cases , where the settlor is domiciled outside the United Kingdom , this may not have serious tax consequences if the nominees hold non-UK assets . |
| 19 | The discussion with trainees may reveal that they fear that they will open emotional floodgates for Sally since so many of her problems may not have immediate solutions . |
| 20 | It appears that we may not have long to go . |
| 21 | The librarians in the academic sector are particularly aware that students have few library and information needs and problems it the outset of their academic careers , but are mindful nevertheless that they may not have easy access to the students ( especially in the polytechnics and the universities ) until a much later stage of their courses , if at all . |
| 22 | In any conversation , ‘ what is being talked about ’ will be judged differently at different points and the participants themselves may not have identical views of what each is talking about . |
| 23 | Pilots ' helmets with miniature built-in video screens may not have obvious applications in hotels and restaurants , but there are several defence-led developments which do , and which will increasingly be seen around the industry . |
| 24 | To suppose , as Levi-Strauss and others have done , that rules about exogamy " those we may not marry " and rules about incest — " those with whom we may not have sexual intercourse " — directly match up , so that one kind of rule can serve as an explanation for the other , is an ethnographic mistake . |
| 25 | Pierre Le Rue may not have mega sales or an exceptionally large following behind him , but the combination of the band 's musical ability and his stage presence made for a very enjoyable evening . |
| 26 | In terms of product development , HDTV may not have profound implications but it may change some design factors . |
| 27 | That inquiry may not have bneen broad enough . |
| 28 | This , however , does not mean that there are no further levels of distinction inside the group or that an individual member or a particular family within the gens may not have privileged access to a part of the gens territory . |
| 29 | All these mean that even large multi-nationals may not have sufficient resources to succeed on their own . |
| 30 | consolidation of power and authority : whereas an individual may not have sufficient authority to make a decision himself , the pooled authority of a committee may be sufficient to enable the decision to be made . |