Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [vb mod] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , as I say , the worthy burghers of Oswaldston would not have asked me to spread the artistic products of my maturity before their admiring gaze if it had n't been for the Machin boom . |
| 2 | Both the defendants and the Bank of England , while not expressly acknowledging the link , invite the court to proceed for present purposes on the assumption that without the defendants ' breach the Bank of England would not have issued the section 39 notice in its present form . |
| 3 | Version 6.0 of Pick will not have a very long life , however — by the summer , versions 6.1 will be in beta test . |
| 4 | If the highly developed woollen textile industry be disregarded , the structure of crafts and trades of Babergh may not have been in any way unrepresentative of the shires at that time . |
| 5 | The people of Castlemorton should n't have to put up with another invasion . |
| 6 | William Agnew 's splendid efforts on behalf of the deaf of Glasgow could not have been entirely successful without the support he received from a number of other deaf individuals . |
| 7 | Peter was a born leader and his chairmanship of WWF could not have been more effective . |
| 8 | A leading Slovene politician , Jože Smole , who has held many high positions , including a period as governor of the National Bank and another as federal minister of finance , maintained ( Politika , 25 August 1987 ) that the directors of Agrokomerc would not have issued such a large number of uncovered bills of exchange without the approval of the local commune , the Bihać bank , the Associated Banks of Sarajevo , the National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the Social Accounting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina . |
| 9 | But even then the East End of London could not have represented the rest of the country ; and even he plays for our pity , opening with a classic portrait of poverty and deprivation . |
| 10 | My first impression of London could not have been worse . |
| 11 | In the summer of 1297 , the earl of Arundel may not have wished to accompany his king , Edward I , on an expedition to Flanders . |
| 12 | The appointment of Dulles could not have been welcome to him , for Dulles carried great weight in the Republican Party and would rival his own authority as the principal expert on Japan . |
| 13 | The Princess of Wales may not have been quick to learn at school — possibly because her lessons did not interest her much — but she has certainly made up for lost time since her marriage . |
| 14 | On the other hand , " the author of Macbeth " is a non-rigid designator , because the author of Macbeth might not have been Shakespeare . |
| 15 | But a 5–1 beating at the hands of Haslemere would not have improved Hammer 's morale for the cup task ahead . |