Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If oil-drillers can exploit organic molecules to manipulate the flow and drillability of mud , there is no reason why cumulative selection should not have led to the same kind of exploitation by self-replicating minerals . |
| 2 | The product does not have to remain in the packaging and the mere possibility of someone having tampered with the goods is not sufficient to exonerate the defendant . |
| 3 | In the event of Christian 's death he would not only become the outright owner of Handley Farm , but Christian intended leaving him sufficient money to ensure he did not have to part with the farm in the foreseeable future . |
| 4 | It is always the most convenient for my guests in that they do not have to drive in the dark , and they can have a much more leisurely lunch , without worrying about the time , as they would in the evening over dinner . |
| 5 | Perhaps the argumentative Balbindor had been correct in saying I should not have drunk from the waterfall springing from the Other Side . |
| 6 | The additional part , which does not have to do with the connections stated by independent conditionals , is perhaps particularly necessary in connection with our conviction about the explanatoriness of the causal items . |
| 7 | He realises that he does not have to conform to the laws which have been set down by his community . |
| 8 | Even the previous day 's visitors could not have landed on the same spot as you because the ice , and the herd , move many miles each night . |
| 9 | If you had told any of Britain 's hard-pressed post-war chancellors that they could expand the economy vigorously and turn round the external accounts by 6.5 per cent of GDP without adverse consequences , would they not have jumped at the chance ? |
| 10 | At this stage , we have an opportunity to ensure that the legislation will allow their voices to be heard through formal channels so that they do not have to resort to the usual practice of writing to the appropriate organisations . |
| 11 | The tide of ideas on the Left was flowing in the Communists ' favour and they did not have to resort to the often artificial tactics of " penetration " used since the early 1920s . |
| 12 | Horace may or may not have believed in the divinities and demi-gods he poetically invokes ( he often deals whimsically with them , and he describes himself as — not much of a churchgoer ) but they were at the very least a cultural property that he held in common with his audience ; he could assume that his readers — represented by Torquatus — would take the point if , in developing a theme , he reminded them of a name out of history or legend . |
| 13 | Even HG Wells might not have believed in the last years of the 20th century , plans were being laid to walk across the Martian south pole . |
| 14 | An amoral man applying a fixed morality to others might not have hoped for the success Surere had had ; but now , with so much ranged against him , in a world so different from the one he had lorded it in , Huy wondered how he would get on . |
| 15 | Whilst this may look like easy fun for those who did not have to cope with the impossible timetables and endless pressures , the reason for criticism is not to deride the working groups but to understand in concrete terms the limitations of the system now in operation . |
| 16 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 17 | The part has an enlarged on-chip primary write-back cache rather than the write-through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . |
| 18 | Students do not have to search for the ‘ ideal ’ patient . |
| 19 | But we do not have to refer to the para-normal , our understanding of art and poetry and our experiences in mysticism are developments of new senses . |
| 20 | We do not have to rely on the verse which embarrasses Yates ( ‘ the Spirit had not yet been given , because Jesus was not yet glorified , ’ John 7:39 ) for this , though that is unambiguous enough . |
| 21 | We should not have to rely on the private sector to assist in providing facilities especially as , currently in many cases it does not provide such facilities . |
| 22 | They should not have to rely upon the private Bill procedure , because the issue is too important . |
| 23 | Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks . |
| 24 | No , I should not have moved into the second Person . |
| 25 | Many species would not have survived without the weapon of the pre-emptive strike . |
| 26 | We could not have survived without the 13 local interpreters who became our guides , chaperons and friends . |
| 27 | Israel could not have survived in the desert without God 's miraculous provision . |
| 28 | Plants and animals that were incapable of acclimatizing to cold would not have survived in the cooling environment of the early Pleistocene . |
| 29 | You may not have heard of the journalist or author concerned but that does not mean that they are not engaged on a bona fide testing programme or working on a first-class magazine feature . |
| 30 | As to Mrs. Leapor 's dramatic writings , it would not be overrating their merit to say that much worse plays have succeeded on the stage : yet it is probable her Unhappy Father would not have pleased in the acting . |