Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not have received better treatment anywhere in the world . |
| 2 | The statue can not have stood long in the weather , and one would guess it one of the last set up before the Persians came , the girl perhaps a few years earlier . |
| 3 | This , in itself , need not have posed much of a challenge to the conventional wisdom : if unemployment had been at unusually low levels at the time , the acceleration of inflation could have been explained in terms of the simple Phillips curve and contractionary demand management policies could have been implemented . |
| 4 | His comrades in arms had made their views known to him quite openly and , in any case , he could not have remained ignorant in a country so full of informers , police and intelligence services as Spain then was . |
| 5 | In terms of sheer quantity the material and human help provided by Mussolini and Hitler — aircraft , tanks , armoured vehicles , small arms and ammunition , the 70–80,000 Italian ‘ volunteers ’ and the German Condor Legion with its own 600 aircraft and 200 tanks — may or may not have exceeded Soviet aid to the Republic . |
| 6 | While it is true that without the transport sector 's contribution , the overall rate of investment in the economy would not have exceeded 10 per cent of national income by 1815 , concentration on such macro-economic data tends to obscure the fact that the financing of improvements in transport was above all an example of regional capital formation . |
| 7 | A great deal of growth was , however , in suburbs outside the limits of the city , which , until much later , was the preferred domicile of the affluent , and so the population of the City itself may not have exceeded 50 000 . |
| 8 | I again would find it difficult to understand how ( a ) they could not have understood these documents ; and ( b ) that , if they did not understand them , they took no steps to consult their advisers . |
| 9 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
| 10 | But as I say the the people who did not five five percent er , therefore , others may not have given more ! |
| 11 | ‘ The players could not have given any more . |
| 12 | The players are down but they could not have given any more . ’ |
| 13 | We felt that the use of median survival as an outcome was unsuitable in this meta-analysis since this effect-size approach , although suitable for quantitative outcomes , would not have given reliable pooled results . |
| 14 | The authors accept that the course may not have given adequate time to practical skills , but the participants ' inaccurate view of their own skills contributed to their lack of success . |
| 15 | The parties can not have intended such a consequence . |
| 16 | No details on coherence of the supersecret X-ray laser demonstrated two years ago at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been reported in public , but it seems that that device probably would not have generated coherent output for similar reasons |
| 17 | They would not have challenged any of the interest groups that wish to maintain the status quo . |
| 18 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 19 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 20 | Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause . |
| 21 | She herself knew she could not have made much of a showing , bulky as she was , wearing the Peter Robinson gown , let out at the seams , her state disguised only by a light scarf . |
| 22 | He wished that he could have listened to their conversation , but he would not have made much of it if he had been sitting at the next table . |
| 23 | He insisted : ‘ I could not have made that statement . |
| 24 | But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction . |
| 25 | ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’ |
| 26 | We also acknowledge the tremendous response from our members and our Branches , for without their enthusiasm and organisation we could not have made this 50th anniversary such a financial success . |
| 27 | A company doing business overseas may not have made proper allowances for the high cost of inducing people to work overseas . |
| 28 | Hospitals in the eighteenth century may not have made national mortality worse ( Cherry 1980 ) , but they were too few to improve the national health . |
| 29 | Should you not have made these calculations and blithely continue entering more stitch patterns , you will be given no warning that you are approaching the limit of the memory . |
| 30 | ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’ |