Example sentences of "[vb -s] not been " in BNC.
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1 | She has not been seen since . |
2 | Having worked on interview panels with the now defunct ILEA I can say that the object has not been to block the drama school selection so much as to see that the grant is well justified . |
3 | The purpose of detailing the relationship between the Irish constitution and the papal teaching of the period has not been to ridicule seemingly outdated church — state dispositions . |
4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I want simply to tell you that work on your notes connected with the Big Glass is at last under way and that I have remained scholarly and impartial throughout what has not been an easy task , in view of what you say about me and especially about my family , and which you must have known would give offense . |
5 | Importing the ingredients through wholesalers has not been a problem . |
6 | After three weeks at his new contract , Cole has not been home before 8.30 in the evening once , so the idea that all contract catering chefs work nine-to-five is a fallacy . |
7 | Also , the pilot will be in very good flying form and his instructor will have made sure that he has not been getting into bad habits . |
8 | The risk can be reduced by flying in the low tow position below the wake , but it still has some disadvantages and towing in this position has not been generally adopted in Europe or elsewhere . |
9 | There has not been space to say much about the flight from generality in the world outside mind , but I have tried to show how the attempts to flee generality within the mind and to abandon or reduce consciousness must both fail . |
10 | She must have seen many similar noses in Rosenberg 's neighbourhood , but how she felt about the similarity has not been recorded . |
11 | If this is not done then the full range of triceps movement has not been achieved and full contraction will not be carried out , thus inhibiting development . |
12 | But multiple-aspect signalling has not been ( nor ever will be ) universal . |
13 | So far it has not been put to the test in service . |
14 | Since the introduction of the business sectors of BR , Railfreight has not been slow to totally eliminate certain freight-only routes where an alternative existed , albeit , invariably longer . |
15 | The end result is an immature beer that has not been allowed to breathe and condition in the cask and which tastes flat and gassy in the glass . |
16 | Makrong Chhish ( 6808m ) dominates the south side of the Hispar glacier in the Karakoram and has not been previously attempted . |
17 | This has not been publicised elsewhere to date , and that is the one redeeming feature of this otherwise unwelcome and ill-considered arrangement . |
18 | The remark has not been much noticed , but its implications must undermine the way in which ‘ practical criticism ’ is often employed in literary education . |
19 | But I incline to think that our grandfathers and grandmothers were in the right of it , and that no one can claim to understand Wordsworth who has not been to Hawkshead and Ambleside . |
20 | ‘ Any bid which has not been discussed with us will have to be considered , ’ said Mr Holland , yesterday . |
21 | Mr Wyatt said action would have to be taken at the Total Power Tools offshoot , which has not been performing well . |
22 | But if the anger has faded , and Hong Kong companies continue to trade with and manufacture in China , Peking 's crackdown has not been forgotten . |
23 | The sense of community has not been improved by Britain 's promise of an ungenerous package which will limit refuge to those deemed to have served the Crown well , or to hold ‘ sensitive ’ positions . |
24 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
25 | It has not been so long since the average chartered or company secretary was something of an eminence grise , rather than being in the front-line . |
26 | Mr Robson has not been trained in more sophisticated and literal ‘ sign supporting English ’ . |
27 | For the chief sub-editor , Daniel Vernet , it has not been an easy transition : ‘ We had to make sure that the paper read as a single publication , but that each section stood up on its own , while avoiding undue repetition , ’ he explains . |
28 | The explosion in advertising space has not been matched by demand . |
29 | Scrappy success has not been typical of Cardinal Vaughan 's start to the season . |
30 | The textile business is still ailing , but the two newer divisions have become increasingly important although their potential has not been fully appreciated by the market . |