Example sentences of "[not/n't] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court found that as practice by the defendant as a consultant could not injure the plaintiffs ' professional business , the clause was too wide in that it sought to encompass activities in which the plaintiffs did not have a legitimate interest . |
| 2 | The first is that we do not have a certain general idea , since often we do not have certain specific ideas . |
| 3 | These latter examples may be more appropriate for those countries or regions with large rural populations or that do not have a well-developed system of local educational institutions comparable to the community colleges , technical institutes or the like that are found in Australia , Britain , Canada , Denmark , and the US . |
| 4 | He does not have a well-developed hunting instinct . |
| 5 | But Rolle not only did not have a spiritual director , he had absolutely no intention of getting one . |
| 6 | ‘ Ideas ’ or ‘ representations ’ do not have a spiritual existence , their existence is material and the materiality of ideology is marked by its existence in ‘ apparatuses ’ and ‘ practices ’ . |
| 7 | The Republic was not strong , it did not have a middle class to support and stabilise it . |
| 8 | However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure . |
| 9 | Based on actuarial calculations , such a step would not have a long-term impact on the provision for pensions , they claimed . |
| 10 | Those with a recent interest in politics , who found the election interesting but did not have a general interest in politics at other times , gave PEBs high ratings for usefulness on leaders , issues , and voting choice . |
| 11 | However , the major question raised by section I(2) of the Criminal Damage Act is why English law does not have a general offence of endangerment . |
| 12 | Church funds also came to be used in special cases to buy the emancipation of Christian slaves , but the church did not have a general programme for the abolition of slavery . |
| 13 | One may appear in person before the court , but solicitors do not have a general right of audience ; hence a solicitor must instruct a barrister to appear before the court on the litigant 's behalf — note , however , the provisions of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ( ss. 27–33 ) discussed above . |
| 14 | Hess did not have a normal christening for Wolf Rudiger , the Fuhrer does not think them good enough for Nazis . |
| 15 | Maybe it was not direct aid and did not have a serious effect , but it seems difficult to imagine any sportsman , black or white , entering sport entirely unassisted . |
| 16 | A high turnover of newcomers does not have a serious effect on the community if a substantial group of native families remain rooted in the same spot , but if over the years it is the oldest families that are emigrating then the parish structure will be unstable . |
| 17 | If the policy-making area is technical and complex , public officials have a decided advantage , even though the state may not have a total monopoly of technically relevant knowledge in policy areas where it is pursuing corporatist arrangements . |
| 18 | We are at a disadvantage in Britain in that we do not have a revolutionary doctrine to preach : a vivid message that promises an unattainable millennium . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , however , there are not enough homoeopathic doctors to meet the demand for this form of treatment and many areas of the country do not have a homoeopathic practitioner . |
| 20 | ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone . |
| 21 | Since we do not have a year-long content analysis of the media we can not investigate the influence of a changing media consensus but we can analyse the differential effects of different elements of the media . |
| 22 | Members of the British Diabetic Association say Darlington 's Memorial is one of the few hospitals which does not have a diabetic liaison nurse . |
| 23 | Interestingly enough Larry Witty , the General Secretary of the Labour Party , said at last year 's Labour Party Conference that if it had not been for the steadily , steady influence of the unions during the eighties , when the Party was tearing itself in two , we would not have a Labour Party today . |
| 24 | Terms like cunt and slag are bandied about even more often than the cock and the fist , and once again , women do not have a parallel powerful language with which to hit back . |
| 25 | tired that they can not have a decent conversation , dinner or social night out . |
| 26 | David Laing did not have a loud voice ; but newness was on his side , the novelty value of the Family Party . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not have a prim mouth ! ’ |
| 28 | We do not have a closed mind , but we should like to rationalise our training areas , enlarging some that we already have and disposing of smaller ones . |
| 29 | The first soldiers who arrived in Ulster in 1969 were poorly equipped and prepared — their steel hats did not have a protective visor , their heavy fatigues were |
| 30 | If your computer does not have a suitable spare socket , consult the computer manual and consider whether it is practical to temporarily remove a RAM or ROM ( more likely a RAM ) to allow the unit to be plugged in . |