Example sentences of "not have a " in BNC.

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1 — Why not have a clear out ?
2 The Aztecs did not have a term for ‘ fine arts ’ , nor did they speculate about aesthetics , nor make objects to be contemplated for their beauty alone .
3 We do not know her name , though it is unlikely that the sculptor did not have a model .
4 It is quite clear that Rome did not have a policy on catholic schooling at this time , and certainly not one requiring attendance at such schools as a religious duty .
5 Schools can not have a real effect on children 's basic values because these have been instilled earlier by the process of primary socialization in the home and in the wider social community .
6 Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case .
7 If the basic training is being done on a Falke , or on any other type of glider fitted with simple spoilers or airbrakes which do not have a lock , the differences must be explained .
8 Said Leonard to us over a bottle of Sabbath wine , ‘ I did not have a scholar 's bent ; at that time I spent many evenings with Layton and we would ‘ crack ’ poetry together — discover the poet 's meaning .
9 He did not have a headache although he listened to his old albums at full volume .
10 Well how do I know that this computer does not have a theory of the external world ?
11 Well , I think that there is an argument of sorts for saying that a computer of the kind described does not have a theory of the external world , does not have mental states which refer , and does not therefore have thoughts in any significant sense .
12 People who ‘ expect ’ older people to have worsening health or to ‘ decline ’ in their faculties , may not have a positive approach to various ways of coping with physical and mental changes .
13 In her letter of 21 August , Ms Greengross referred to the 1989 Family Expenditure Survey which found that 25% of retired people living alone mainly dependent on the state pension do not have a telephone and linked this ‘ poor level of penetration among people who need a telephone most … to the policy of increasing rental and connection charges to the maximum permitted by the retail price index ( RPI ) + 2% price cap , while targeting businesses and heavy residential users for international call rate reductions and volume discounts ’ .
14 ‘ We do not have a sign on the door .
15 The series did not have a uniform intellectual line and many varieties of opinion could be found in the contributors .
16 All I can say to the objectors in both categories is that those who do not see a problem do not have a problem , and they can happily ignore what I have written .
17 But no one will seriously maintain that the verses do not have a design upon us ; that they do not promulgate a message — the message that all secular explanations of human life are vain and inadequate .
18 A balanced market , by definition , can swing surprisingly fast in the opposite direction : the chances are , for example , that Malawi will not have a drought next year .
19 Sir : In your interesting article ( 30 September ) about the sale to the British Library by Lord Norwich ( for a sum left tantalisingly undisclosed ) of Evelyn Waugh 's letters to his late mother , Lady Diana Cooper , the library 's curator of modern literary manuscripts , a Ms Brown , was quoted as follows : I am sure that they did not have a physical affair .
20 And SPUC does not have a monopoly on horror .
21 In 63 out of 78 authorities in the postal survey , one or more subjects in the national curriculum do not have a specialist adviser .
22 The East Germans have enough to think about without troubling themselves about tennis , but it is odd they do not have a single international player of note , bearing in mind the success of Czechoslovakia and the involvement of other Eastern bloc countries .
23 It is possible that within two or three years the left wing will not have a single executive member it can truly call its own in the constituency section .
24 ‘ It is my belief that , without an honest money , Soviet citizens can not be expected to respond to the reforms , as they do not have a meaningful incentive , ’ said Mr Angell .
25 ‘ Mr ’ Habsburg may not have a throne to sit on , he does have a leg to stand on .
26 York does not have a permanent site for travellers although one is planned .
27 Spanish , Portuguese , Arabic and Japanese are the most useful languages , Sir Alfred says , because they ‘ have a wide catchment area containing many decision-makers who may not have a command of English ’ .
28 John Gummer , Secretary of State for Agriculture , said : ‘ We can not have a situation in which the consumer does not have absolute confidence in British eggs .
29 ‘ The show will not have a thematic finished look but will show a potential to move in several directions , ’ he says .
30 London does not have a monopoly on chat this Sunday , however .
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