Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enlightened bureaucrats who were primarily responsible for drawing up the legislation of 1861 may not have achieved everything for which they were striving , but they were undoubtedly trying to achieve more than the modernization of the gentry 's sources of income or the revivification of the state machine . |
| 2 | that may not have involved , been involved in a cash economy . |
| 3 | What will emerge from Alpine may not have the sprint car look , nor the integral tonneau or open-to-the-elements driving position but it will have most of Laguna 's mechanicals . |
| 4 | A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it . |
| 5 | That should n't have scared her . |
| 6 | ‘ That should n't have happened , ’ he said flatly . |
| 7 | ‘ That should n't have happened , ’ he informed her curtly . |
| 8 | That should not have happened . ’ |
| 9 | More than one treaty is known to have been made with the Burgundians , although some may not have had imperial approval . |
| 10 | HIV 2 may not have as great a potential to cause illness as HIV 1 . |
| 11 | This may not have been immediately obvious from the results of the 1935 General Election , for the Party had only just accepted Attlee as its leader on the eve of the election . |
| 12 | As S. G. F. Brandon has pointed out , the great popularity of the cult of Osiris meant , in effect , the adoption by the Egyptians of a definite concept of time , although this may not have been consciously recognized . |
| 13 | This may not have been the explicit aim of the programmes outlined below , but the consequences for the inner cities were real enough . |
| 14 | From a purely technical point of view , this may not have been the standard performance , but in a place almost completely lacking in a tradition of classical dance , it is a delight to watch native talent channelled so joyously and with such a spirit of challenge to the myth that we exist only from the neck upwards . |
| 15 | Both Mancetter and Oxfordshire are well inland for convenient harbours , but this may not have prevented them from using water-borne transport . |
| 16 | For the control practices , with their low rate of cross boundary referrals , this may not have been such a concern . |
| 17 | However , this may not have been much of a choice . |
| 18 | This may not have been very constructive , but , except towards the newspaper proprietors , it did not sound particularly bitter . |
| 19 | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first refers to his presence under 994 , but this may not have been his first visit . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Interestingly 20 of 23 severe oesophagitis patients smoked or drank heavily and of those who claimed no such history one had scleroderma and another may not have disclosed full details . |
| 22 | Action : Modules of type FOREIGN must not have headers with versions earlier than 2.2 . |
| 23 | Because on the basis of the economic models and the way which we look at determinants of demand in economics , this should n't have happened , we should have had the reverse , we should have had fewer holidays being taken and certainly fewer overseas holidays . |
| 24 | The court held that this should not have happened if due care had been used and the doctrine was applied . |
| 25 | Oblivious should not have tacked here since he loses out to Smart . |
| 26 | Some might not have found their way to prison at all . |
| 27 | This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances . |
| 28 | This might not have suited the older , more cautious , Shildon . |
| 29 | In fact we may take it from the wording of Section 2 of the Definition Order that , during the conference questions were asked about the liability of individuals to repatriation , or Section 2 might not have been included at all . |
| 30 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |