Example sentences of "they [adv] do not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the shops are branches of multiple stores and , though their managers sometimes take part , they obviously do not have the same interest in it as the traders who were born and bred in the town . |
| 2 | In contrast they still do not have a national knock-out cup , although one is promised for 1993–94 . |
| 3 | Technically , they still did not have total control of the machinery of state , but in practice their use of the Emergency Powers and willingness to use violence meant that , subject only to the threat of a Polish invasion , they could do more or less as they pleased . |
| 4 | I have contended that the success , and for that matter failure , of blacks in sport has nothing to do with so-called physical characteristics which they are all meant to share , nor with psychological predispositions which they clearly do not have , and certainly not with physical inheritances which are said to have been somehow transmitted genetically from their slave forefathers . |
| 5 | They probed and measured and cross-questioned Phoebe in the most condescending manner , made worse by the fact that they clearly did not have a clue as to what might have happened . |
| 6 | It seems clear that , because they probably do not have as much of their total assets dependent upon the fortunes of a specific firm , the firm 's shareholders are less risk-averse than the manager . |
| 7 | Gatting made the point that they had to win the final two games as after so much cricket they simply did not have the strength left for a third . |
| 8 | In my experience , children find it extremely frustrating to be fired with enthusiasm for a topic but then to find that they simply do not have the skill to express themselves . |
| 9 | Severely ill people can experience exhaustion and they simply do not have the energy to carry out the necessary preventive activities ; they are dependent on nurses and others for maintaining a safe environment . |
| 10 | The hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) shakes his head , but he should come to my constituency and I will introduce him to people who can not pay the poll tax because they simply do not have the money . |
| 11 | Some of the agencies have been recommending the complete party and for some people this is ideal , in that they then do not have to worry . |
| 12 | Our four English mystics may lack the imaginative and mythical depths of the great Kabbalists and Sufis , they may not be as daring and extreme as Eckhart and they certainly do not have the lyrical passion of the sixteenth century Spanish mystics St Teresa of Avila ( 1515–82 ) and St John of the Cross ( 1542–91 ) , but they bear witness to the profundity and intelligence of the new English spirituality of their day . |
| 13 | They certainly do not have the right to use their members ' contributions without their expressed permission , to subsidise the publication of a magazine which would otherwise be quite incapable of competing on a purely commercial basis . |
| 14 | We return to this point directly , but must first remark that , even if these adjectives do modify the verb , they certainly do not have the status of adverbs . |