Example sentences of "[verb] or do not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 2 | A great storm that suddenly appears and is soon over ; if the condition lingers or does not have much intensity , it is not Aconite . |
| 3 | The facts behind this bizarre legal suit are hard to untangle : Sean did or did n't have an affair with Woods , now 44 , while they were making The Boost . |
| 4 | But it is useless to start deciding which aspects of behaviour did or did not have their origin in sex . |
| 5 | Curiously , while there was no marked difference in opinion about bad language or violence between those who did or did not have children , viewers without children were almost twice as likely to be offended by sex scenes . |
| 6 | In this sense , power is not something that individuals and groups do or do not have automatically through occupation of a particular social or economic position , rather it is something gained through the skilful deployment of political resources in order to achieve particular objectives . |
| 7 | How terrible it was that here were she and Brian , possessed of every material advantage , subconsciously blaming each other for something they either had or did not have . |
| 8 | Both managers that I interviewed believed quite adamantly that leadership qualities were something somebody either had or did not have and could not be developed through training . |
| 9 | Thus , in the present study we evaluated gastric clearance of indigestible markers , orocaecal transit time , colonic transit time , and gall bladder contraction in two groups of diabetic patients who differed as to whether they had or did not have signs of autonomic neuropathy affecting the cardiovascular system . |
| 10 | ‘ Sovereignty is not something that you either have or do not have , like a family heirloom which you take out and dust every now and then to make sure that it is still in your possession and still intact , ’ Sir Leon said . |
| 11 | In his article ‘ Sovereignty and interdependence : Britain 's place in the world ’ , he defines sovereignty as ‘ a nation 's practical capacity to maximise its influence in the world ’ and uses the metaphor of a ‘ bundle of sticks ’ , some of which are exchanged for others , to illustrate that ‘ sovereignty is not like virginity , something you either have or do not have . ’ |
| 12 | Tick all of the items which relate to performance : the skills that you either have or do not have . |
| 13 | Let me ask you , if you could remake decisions , or maybe you are in a position where you could , I wonder whether you would opt for parenthood now , I mean you be what , whether you 're able or not able to have children , whether you have or do n't have , but given the choice , would you opt for parenthood ? |