Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] not [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As your co-trustee I have not been inattentive to my duty … and I in no shape deserve to be the object of the prosecution of my co-trustees .
2 The only animals I have n't been able to check on are the sheep . ’
3 Other clients who 've not been sure about coming , actually find they quite like it and it 's not that bad and yes , they 'd like to stay !
4 In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts .
5 There they will remain for most of April , at least one of the pair on guard at all times on the loch in order to ward off any attempted ‘ take-over ’ , perhaps by young pairs who have n't been able to locate a suitable breeding site .
6 Nevertheless , a blow has been struck for the land-owning taxpayer , particularly those less well-off individuals who have not been able to defend themselves against the local district valuer 's increasingly aggressive commercial techniques .
7 We have not forgotten this offer , although for various reasons we have not been able to develop an idea until now .
8 They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need .
9 Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell .
10 At the time of writing I have not been able to hear any of the discs , but they include the first integral recording of the ten Mahler Symphonies complete sets of Brahms , Beethoven and Shostakovich , Stravinsky , Gershwin and Copland , plus concertos with Serkin , Stern and Francescatti .
11 The tribunal will consist of the chief officer of police ( chairman ) and two members of the Police Complaints Authority who have not been concerned with the case .
12 And yet , gradually the reputation has gone down , it 's become an area in which erm basically people who have n't been able to get housing .
13 With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale .
14 Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it .
15 The general member auditors , er , I 'm told that they , they look after the money they 've not been able to find themselves seats I understand this morning , so hopefully everything 's in order but somewhere around Eric George and Arthur are they around ?
16 I have many points to answer , rather than respond to hon. Members who have not been present for the full debate .
17 ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do .
18 ‘ Now that 's one mystery I have n't been able to solve .
19 Furthermore , there would be no question of the judge , before giving his advice , seeing documents which have not been available to the prisoner .
20 A similar thing has happened to Ms , especially in Britain and Australia : instead of replacing Miss and Mrs it has been added to the system to make a further distinction , referring in many people 's usage to older unmarried women , divorcees and ‘ strident feminists ’ — in other words , to ‘ abnormal ’ and ‘ unfeminine ’ women who have not been able to get — or keep — a man .
21 A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film .
22 Actually it has , though whether by enough to require a bigger bag I have n't been able to make out . ’
23 Individual librarians themselves have not been slow to recommend model programmes and the literature of user education abounds with such statements and desiderata .
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