Example sentences of "not have had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't forget that when they first did this , people would not have had personal watches . |
| 2 | More than one treaty is known to have been made with the Burgundians , although some may not have had imperial approval . |
| 3 | When I look back on the long friendship , I realize that I need not have had certain misgivings about troubling Eliot or taking up his time — misgivings due to temperamental diffidence rather than to genuine modesty , I am afraid — because he was both generous of his time and solicitous about the welfare of those in whom lie took an interest . |
| 4 | He should not have had that last drink or that last kiss . |
| 5 | It need not have had such fears . |
| 6 | Others , who may not have had such a happy relationship with their parents in the past , take on care out of a sense of duty . |
| 7 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 8 | In the face of this major obstacle , the miscellany of other decrees — no archdeaconries to be farmed out , no priests to attend drinking-parties , no benefices to be sold , no monks to be godfathers , male hair-cuts to leave ears visible , sodomites to be excommunicated , etc. — could not have had much attention paid to them . |
| 9 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 10 | George was probably already working in Pocklington , walking into work each day , for a saddler would not have had much employment in the small village where he lived . |
| 11 | Charles and Diana may not have had many interests in common when they first met , but one that they did have , and have enjoyed together throughout their marriage , is skiing . |
| 12 | He may simply not have had enough money to take on the extra land and the work as required for it . |
| 13 | In the absence of such a general right many multilateral treaties have accession clauses to encourage wide participation ( especially from among States which may not have had treaty-making capacity at the time of the treaty 's conclusion ) . |
| 14 | This solves the common law problem where a particular purpose is made known by a consumer to a dealer who may not have had ostensible or actual authority to receive such communication on the part of the financing institution . |
| 15 | Some parishes contained chapelries or chapels-of-ease , which may or may not have had independent rights to perform baptism , marriage and burial ceremonies . |
| 16 | The immediate suspects of the murder were a local man and his son ; but both these men could not have had stronger alibis , for the father was in hospital after having an operation on his hip bone , while his son had three days previously been called into the Forces . |
| 17 | He would not have had this forum . |
| 18 | Without them , we would not have had this legislation . |
| 19 | ‘ In the early days of my partnership with Graeme Souness , the first-team squad might not have had sufficient strength in depth to have handled this kind of troubled build-up , ’ said Smith . |
| 20 | She could not have had more instant attention than she got then . |
| 21 | I could not have had more loyal service from the staff at the Bar Council nor a more supportive Vice-Chairman and Bar Council . |
| 22 | If the BBC had been planning it for years , it could not have had more authority ’ . |
| 23 | It is worth bearing in mind that , in terms of the wider system , the data on the forms was subject to a number of validation checks , and failure of the procedure at section level would not have had any disastrous consequences . |
| 24 | Many elderly people will not have had any hobbies at all . |
| 25 | These reduced rate contributions do not count towards your pension and you will not have had any contributions credited to you . |
| 26 | She may not have had any opportunity to understand their capacity to nourish her emotional life . |
| 27 | PAUSE to think that if Ireland had n't beaten England 17-3 in last week 's rugby international they might not have had any players at all in the Lions squad of 30 to tour New Zealand . |
| 28 | It can not be assumed , therefore , that stimulation would not have had some effect on another occasion in those patients who were stimulated but showed no interference in their speech . |