Example sentences of "this [modal v] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may not have been immediately obvious from the results of the 1935 General Election , for the Party had only just accepted Attlee as its leader on the eve of the election . |
| 2 | As S. G. F. Brandon has pointed out , the great popularity of the cult of Osiris meant , in effect , the adoption by the Egyptians of a definite concept of time , although this may not have been consciously recognized . |
| 3 | This may not have been the explicit aim of the programmes outlined below , but the consequences for the inner cities were real enough . |
| 4 | From a purely technical point of view , this may not have been the standard performance , but in a place almost completely lacking in a tradition of classical dance , it is a delight to watch native talent channelled so joyously and with such a spirit of challenge to the myth that we exist only from the neck upwards . |
| 5 | Both Mancetter and Oxfordshire are well inland for convenient harbours , but this may not have prevented them from using water-borne transport . |
| 6 | For the control practices , with their low rate of cross boundary referrals , this may not have been such a concern . |
| 7 | However , this may not have been much of a choice . |
| 8 | This may not have been very constructive , but , except towards the newspaper proprietors , it did not sound particularly bitter . |
| 9 | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first refers to his presence under 994 , but this may not have been his first visit . |
| 10 | In many cases , where the settlor is domiciled outside the United Kingdom , this may not have serious tax consequences if the nominees hold non-UK assets . |
| 11 | Because on the basis of the economic models and the way which we look at determinants of demand in economics , this should n't have happened , we should have had the reverse , we should have had fewer holidays being taken and certainly fewer overseas holidays . |
| 12 | The court held that this should not have happened if due care had been used and the doctrine was applied . |
| 13 | This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances . |
| 14 | This might not have suited the older , more cautious , Shildon . |
| 15 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 16 | This could not have come at a worse time , with the prospect in view of becoming an ‘ officer 's lady ’ . |
| 17 | Even the wild surmise occurred to me that Leslie might have lost his memory ; but commonsense reasserted itself , and I realised that this could not have been the fate of all his men . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Perhaps radio is now fitted inside the crash helmets , I never understood why this could not have been done in the first place , along the lines of the radios issued to policemen or the earphones that , thank God , are popular with those who can not live without constant noise . |
| 20 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 21 | All this could not have been achieved without Macintosh computers , but again , they were only the means to an end . |
| 22 | It seems probable that all of this could not have come about had not the superego emerged as a continuation of a trend of evolutionary development which had long since been embarked upon by the ego proper . |
| 23 | The trial was , however , relatively small ( 59 patients ) raising the possibility of a type two error , and it is possible that fluticasone propionate was not present in sigmoid colon and rectum and this could not have a therapeutic effect ( two thirds of patients had rectosigmoid disease only ) . |
| 24 | Counsel for Dunnes , which pleaded guilty to the charge , said this could not have occurred in the store at Kilkeel . |
| 25 | This need not have mattered so much if he had made his contextual analysis more rigorous . |
| 26 | As shown , the inversion breakpoint which disrupted the duplicated region coincides with a boundary of the cluster duplication event , but this need not have been the case . |
| 27 | ‘ You need a women 's movement in your country , this would n't have happened to me back home , ’ one said , more in surprise than in anger . |
| 28 | She looked at the insignificant scorch marks on its cover and said , ‘ This would n't have been necessary if you had n't been so cagey with me . |
| 29 | Maybe they should have had foresight and er this would n't have happened at Bilsthorpe . |
| 30 | this would n't have happened . |