Example sentences of "we [vb mod] not have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 2 | The problem however is that were it simply to be said of Jesus that he was a human like any other who lived in history we should not have a Christology . |
| 3 | We should not have a discount and rebate system . |
| 4 | I see no reason why we should not have a pension scheme connected to restructuring , but the aid is supposed to affect the very small farms directly . |
| 5 | We could not have a debate in Committee and the House deserves serious answers on this extremely important issue . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , yes , maybe , ’ said the same boy , ‘ but perhaps we need not have a teacher — perhaps we could have a proper person . ’ |
| 7 | Until they play against teams of the quality of Italy and Yugoslavia , we shall not have a clue . |
| 8 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 9 | If the Auxetophone had not existed , we would not have a record of Lord Northcliffe 's voice today . |
| 10 | ‘ The cause of this violence is the state security services … they are using certain organisations as a smokescreen so we can not have a majority in an election , ’ Mr Mandela told supporters . |
| 11 | But until we have a system that allows properly resourced public access to organisations such as UKIAS , we can not have a system that precludes people from seeking independent legal advice from private firms of solicitors . |
| 12 | Yet we can not have a cut because interest rates are now set , not according to the needs of our domestic economy , but for the sole purpose of propping up the pound in its ERM band , thus prolonging the recession . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We can not have a situation where no more books are written , where no more scenarios of films are made , or more music is composed . |
| 15 | So we can not have a strategy for teacher development any more than a teacher can have a strategy for child development . |
| 16 | We can not have a Briton winning the US Masters for the first time again , nor a Briton putting the green jacket on yet another Briton for the first time again . |
| 17 | said to me , ‘ We can not have a railway strike , it would be so disturbing to all of us ’ … |