Example sentences of "not have [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 2 | Nothing in Swannell 's direction of his play persuades you that this would not have been a better home for Marrakech . |
| 3 | ‘ Miss Fanshawe , this girl clearly could not have been a friend or neighbour at Eastover whom your parents were simply driving to London . |
| 4 | Independent Producers may not have been a particularly well-managed production outfit but the filmmakers had developed sufficient self-discipline to ensure that , while the films might become increasingly expensive , they were always tightly constructed and realized the potential in their subject matter . |
| 5 | Would it not have been a pipedream only six weeks ago to think that the Berlin Wall would be knocked down ? ’ |
| 6 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |
| 7 | Surely there could not have been a more destructive fire than Calvary ; but more was to come . |
| 8 | Although obvious , this would not have been a fruitful question to ask , because there was no way in which it could be answered . |
| 9 | ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television . |
| 10 | Inspector White said : ‘ Providing the club [ Arsenal ] were happy , staging a second replay ay Highbury would not have been a problem for us . |
| 11 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
| 12 | For all his undoubted talent Grayson may not have been a budding Ian Rush but he turned out for one of the country 's most famous clubs , perhaps not the best but certainly one of the best known — Accrington Stanley . |
| 13 | This could not have been a simple financial investment , as the Grand Junction had manifestly no prospect of making any profit ; although its paid up capital was £420,000 , it was sold in 1894 for £6,500 . |
| 14 | The main room or ‘ house ’ , where the family gathered and worked and where the fire never went out , would not have been a suitable place for storage . |
| 15 | These grand buildings , both seminary and church , set in one of the most important squares in the city , could not have been a clearer statement from the victors of the Battle of the White Mountain . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 17 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 18 | Here , this view becomes converted into the argument that the refusal of treatment may not have been a rational decision or may not appear to others to have been so . |
| 19 | He says : ‘ I do n't know if I would have been slightly criminal , but would not have been a very nice human being . |
| 20 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 21 | ‘ It was an absolutely ridiculous decision , ’ said Kelly , who has maintained all along that there should not have been a re-match . |
| 22 | It should not have been a surprise that companies sought to use that range of permissible techniques to present their results in the best light . |
| 23 | Certainly it would not have been a respectable person , such as Hilbert 's gardener or cleaner , but most likely some unemployed derelict Adam had met in a pub . |
| 24 | The Last Supper can not have been a Passover meal . |
| 25 | ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result . |
| 26 | ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result . |
| 27 | Had separatism confined itself to a political context , then however violent the discussion , its impact and effects would not have been a fraction of what they are . |
| 28 | The supply of metal may not have been a problem if supplies of scrap were plentiful and if there was a continuous re-cycling of the raw materials . |
| 29 | It could not have been a bleaker one . |
| 30 | On the other hand , if ATP wanted to demonstrate that they really are interested in the welfare of more than just the top 75 , as some of their lower-ranked members have recently suggested , then helping Birmingham through its current difficulties , which one hopes are only temporary , would not have been a bad thing . |