Example sentences of "who [modal v] not have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |
| 2 | More information was sought , and they were particularly keen to hear from the companion of the killer , who may not have realised until too late that his friend was carrying a knife . |
| 3 | They were particularly keen to hear from the companion of the killer , who may not have realised until too late that his friend was carrying a knife . |
| 4 | Nihilist is the case but it risks confusion between Dostoevsky and Turgenev who may not have invented the word but certainly gave it very wide currency . |
| 5 | It was suggested that some existing pensioners , who may not have drawn the sum due to them on leaving the Bank , could now claim the sum due to them and donate it to the Fund . |
| 6 | I hope that this book overall will provide additional assistance in both respects , particularly for those who may not have had the advantage of formal systems training . |
| 7 | Others , who may not have had such a happy relationship with their parents in the past , take on care out of a sense of duty . |
| 8 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 9 | This solves the common law problem where a particular purpose is made known by a consumer to a dealer who may not have had ostensible or actual authority to receive such communication on the part of the financing institution . |
| 10 | A king who may not have died ? |
| 11 | In addition , it should be observed that although the Act of 1988 entered into force on 1 December 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the former system was extended by section 13 until 31 March 1989 , and hence owners and operators who might not have fulfilled that requirement in the past were given a reasonable transitional period in which to comply therewith . |
| 12 | It may not be cheap , but it offers the best of diesel driving for those , perhaps , who might not have considered making the switch before . |
| 13 | ‘ God bless John Lennon , ’ he proclaimed , for those who might not have got the message . |
| 14 | Any amendment to the law that provides an aggravated penalty for someone who could not have foreseen that for which he is sentenced must be wrong . |
| 15 | The availability of legal aid to those unable to afford to pursue their legal rights in the courts made a practical reality of the access to justice to many who could not have afforded to do so . |
| 16 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 17 | Well , there were few whites left except for very old people who could n't have moved if they had wanted to . |
| 18 | ‘ But I 'm not at all hungry , really , ’ said Breeze , who could n't have swallowed a mouthful at that moment . |
| 19 | This was kept locked from tenants who could n't have used it anyway owing to the condition of the two inside walls , which were crumbling alarmingly . |
| 20 | This meant that loyalty forbade her to tell Philip — who would n't have believed her in any case . |
| 21 | Sefton today is happy in retirement , but eleven years ago there were many who would n't have believed he 'd still be alive . |
| 22 | American college students were crazy about ‘ Chucks ’ ; so were Italian teens who would n't have known a basketball if one had knocked them off their mopeds . |
| 23 | It was a girl like Eve Malone , a little pikasheen who would n't have had a drink on her at all , that would end up in hospital . |
| 24 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 25 | ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming . |
| 26 | There 's a lot of people who er do n't , who would not have gone to the bother of going into the shop and buying a one pound or two pound or four pound |
| 27 | It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them . |
| 28 | Housing benefit was never payable in addition to income support , but was used in place of it by people who would not have qualified for income support , such as people living in a room run by a close relative , the long-term disabled and various other categories of people under pensionable age who were not eligible . |
| 29 | who would not have shown weight on a scale |
| 30 | Let me try erm a straw poll on you and I 'm going to ask those of you , I 'll give you a moment or two , who would 've signed up the Maastricht Treaty and who would not have signed up the Maastricht Treaty if you 'd 've had a free vote ? |