Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not have " in BNC.

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1 The message of de Gaulle the politician was that national renewal did not have to succeed national disaster ; it could be achieved through a reform in the organization of the French state .
2 And Labour did not have a monopoly of CND-leaning members or policies .
3 Piers did not have meat , but only cheese , loaves of beans and bran and various vegetables , and it was on these that he would have to live until Lammas and the new harvest .
4 Nevertheless , petition-drawers did not have a particularly good reputation among Sinhalese .
5 For example , 127 out of 196 schools did not have a single English textbook in grade one and 80 per cent had no maths books .
6 While many schools did not have a full complement of teachers , the Ministry was unable to create new posts for lack of funds .
7 It is not clear whether some schools did not have the instruments available as requested or whether pupils decided not to use them .
8 47% of families asking for help from the Family Welfare Association did not have enough money left to feed themselves .
9 As for ideology , it is quite clear from this account that Odilon Redon did not have one as such ( his connections with the anarchists of the period being tangential at most ) .
10 Our study did not have these important advantages .
11 held that no award would be made as defender did not have means and resources to make the payment as there was not a contract of insurance in his favour .
12 After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing .
13 Afghanistan did not have a comparable legal obligation to third states predetermining its conduct in peacetime or war .
14 cars did not have overhead gear .
15 As there were lights on the backs of these boxes , the cars did not have stairhead lamps .
16 In each case it had in effect been ruled that Gen Robertson 's order of 14 May would apply , and that 5 Corps could continue with arrangements already entered into hand over both Cossacks and Yugoslavs but only in each case , so lob as force did not have to be used .
17 Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day .
18 Mr Georgiadis said much of Mr Makallah 's evidence to the inquest had been lies — particularly details on three important issues : Mr Makallah claimed he could not drive , yet other witnesses claimed to have been driven by him ; he denied telling a camp site proprietor that Miss Ward was definitely not killed by wild animals ; and he covered up how he knew her jeep did not have four-wheel drive .
19 A majority of the United Kingdom workforce decided against strike action and the mood of the Glasgow workers was so clear yesterday that a vote did not have to be taken .
20 The SEC , however , explained that in reality many ministries did not have their quota .
21 Last night 's programme did not have an auspicious start .
22 It was the end of the ST–18 , General Aircraft did not have the money to build another one , and perhaps did not feel inclined to , with the lukewarm interest they had experienced .
23 The inspectors did not have to show that the evidence was required to stop some identifiable future crime .
24 A letter before action did not have the desired effect , and proceedings to recover the debt were started in the county court .
25 Whether or not these relationships cut through any red tape I do not know , but the red tape did not have much of a chance in these circumstances .
26 As heavy , active drinkers are more likely to have a faster turnover of erythrocytes than reformed drinkers this might be put forward as a reason why our reformed drinkers did not have high pitted red cell counts .
27 Wrexham music shops did not have it .
28 The restored Stuarts did not have to deal with any difficulty of this sort but they did have a general problem of making sure that the King 's authority was accepted .
29 In other words , although the rule is broken all the time , it is broken deliberately for particular effects , which we would not perceive if the rule did not have some psychological reality .
30 All the same Salah Muhammad did not have a clear run .
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