Example sentences of "[verb] not have such [art] " in BNC.

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1 John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition .
2 As Maryon had not long had a baby , we decided that Alan should volunteer , as he did not have such a valid excuse !
3 Maybe , after all , his ‘ dearest Nina ’ did not have such a singular place in his life .
4 However , it can also be argued that the ‘ bullion famine ’ did not have such a catastrophic effect because merchants could use credit instead of cash to keep their businesses running .
5 This remains unknown in man , but we have investigated the effects of commonly used anaesthetic agents on tissue protein synthesis in the rat and found that although halothane causes a significant depression of liver protein synthesis , isoflurance did not have such an effect .
6 But many managers do not have such a background ; for them the need to think quantitatively is sometimes alien , or at least a strain .
7 Therefore it is often preferable to select materials that do not have such a tight-knit structure ; when appropriate , the teacher can extend the enquiries and discoveries with these along the lines of the structured material .
8 Indeed , this latter aspect of femininity is emphasized by some recent writers on masculinity who protest that men do not have such a wonderful deal in the world , since the social pressures on them to contain rather than express their emotions are oppressive and restrictive , stunting their full emotional development .
9 If they do not have such a grounding , it will be difficult for them to pursue more advanced studies subsequently , especially in ‘ vertebrate ’ subjects such as mathematics and science ; also , a merely partial or incomplete exposure to such forms of knowledge sells them short in terms of human thought , indeed of the very concept of mind .
10 But what of courses which do not have such a steady relationship ?
11 Occasionally some specimens do not have such a dense covering of spinelets and the interradial areas have only a few scattered spinelets with a greater number on the radial shields .
12 On this side of the House and , I suspect , on many parts of the Opposition Benches there is equal recognition , although unspoken , that those who do not have such a well-founded fear , some other compelling compassionate reason which justifies their remaining or another legitimate claim to stay , should return to their country .
13 The Government obviously do not have such a plan , or it would have been mentioned today .
14 The argument about rhythm should not make us forget the very important difference in English between strong and weak syllables ; some languages do not have such a noticeable difference ( which may , perhaps , explain the subjective impression of ‘ syllable-timing ’ ) , and for native speakers of such languages learning English it can be helpful to practise repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak .
15 Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't .
16 The people of West Belfast , because of decades of discrimination , do not have such an industrial background .
17 That we do not have such an answer , it can be argued , is the fact that what follows , from the occurrence of the effect , is only that that circumstance or another occurred .
18 It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place .
19 This does not have such a wide gape as the March Blues but is still relatively long in the shank .
20 India does not have such a broad inventory of antelope as Africa , but it also has deer ( which sub-saharan Africa — oddly ! — does not ) .
21 In other fables the hare does not have such a noble character as in the Buddhist tale .
22 Is there some inherent virtue in a system of government derived from a constitution , which is lacking in a country which does not have such a codified constitution ?
23 However , deprivation of liberty for a shorter period does not have such an effect .
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