Example sentences of "n't have to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | It 's a new technology , but it does n't have to be the best technology … ‘ |
| 32 | It does n't have to be newly built , though we are limiting entries to machines built in the past five years . |
| 33 | If I could think straight , if every scrap of attention did n't have to be focused on not falling , I could probably get nearer to knowing . |
| 34 | ‘ You do n't have to be a rocket scientist ’ Americans will tell you , implying that average intelligence will suffice . |
| 35 | You do n't have to be an expert to have a go , and at some Clubs there 's free tuition for beginners . |
| 36 | This does n't have to be a physical , geographical journey from one place to another — I say ‘ journey ’ simply in terms of movement ’ ( Le Clair and McCaffery 1983 : 129 ) . |
| 37 | But when this wretched business is over , we sha n't have to be enemies any more and we 'll have a drink together . ’ |
| 38 | You do n't have to be rude , just pretend you did n't hear and keep on walking . |
| 39 | Suppose that I am playing against you ( though , as we shall see , ‘ against ’ is precisely what we do n't have to be ) . |
| 40 | For this we do n't have to be particularly saintly , because we can both see , from the other 's past moves , that the other is to be trusted . |
| 41 | You do n't have to be madly blunt in a political sense . |
| 42 | Earlier , Dave McCullouch stated that , although this was always the case , it did n't have to be . |
| 43 | It does n't have to be this way . |
| 44 | It did n't have to be colourless , tasteless or odourless , it just had to be got , somehow or other , past Elinor 's front teeth , down her oesophagus and into her digestive system , even if to do so it should be necessary to hold her down and clamp a funnel between her jaws . |
| 45 | The electric commuter trains rattled past at frequent intervals while Nails mooched impatiently up and down , kicking an old tin can and wishing he did n't have to be dependent on a girl . |
| 46 | As long as you can get round , you do n't have to be brilliant . ’ |
| 47 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 48 | It did n't have to be for one slot , it did n't have to be in a particular form , it could be anything as long as it used the medium for visual ends . |
| 49 | Whatever one may think of Sex , Lies and Videotape — — and it does n't have to be much — it does at least address the question of the gaze and of masculine sexuality . |
| 50 | It does n't have to be expensive — it does n't cost much to go for a walk , work in the garden or learn to draw . |
| 51 | Even if you hold some position of great authority , you do n't have to be solemn all the time . |
| 52 | It 's usually ( but does n't have to be ) a month after contracts have been exchanged . |
| 53 | Tea parties can be mutually enjoyable ; they do n't have to be events where ‘ active ’ children simply wait on ‘ passive ’ older people . |
| 54 | This in reality does n't have to be so ; for happiness is in the grasp of everyone , rich or poor ; in fact more in the grasp of the poor than the rich . |
| 55 | They did n't have to be . |
| 56 | But it does n't have to be that way . |
| 57 | Do n't have to be a Guggenheim scholar |
| 58 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 59 | They do n't have to be smart , only answer questions , like why dogs hate cats and why God is n't married … |
| 60 | And your home does n't have to be a palace . |