Example sentences of "[noun] have [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet aposematic coloration has not always evolved among kin-grouped prey and we need to identify the variables that are of evolutionary importance .
2 One is that Mr Lawson has not yet succeeded in getting a handle on domestic demand , and the signs of success this summer were misleading .
3 Joanne , 13 , says simply : ‘ Mum has n't just looked after her own children , she has looked after so many others .
4 He hopes know-how in other hightech fields will help Daimler build better vehicles — a theory which British Aerospace has not yet proved in its acquisition of the Rover Group , another carmaker .
5 Further , although this hypothesis has not yet resulted in an account incorporating consciousness , it has been remarkably successful in explaining many other mental phenomena which earlier generations saw as necessarily mysterious and as evidence for some kind of duality .
6 Cadman , whose company is backed by overseas investors and a bank of ‘ international repute ’ , claims that money has not yet figured in the talks and declines to discuss the size of the FTC bid .
7 And if it seemed surprising to reflect that the supremely versatile Hampshire trainer has not yet struck in our Classic races , it was even more incredible to learn from the man himself that Dead Certain 's victory in the richest two-year-olds race ever run in this country was his first success in a group one event .
8 So far , many of the improvements they brought about have survived , and the fragmented bus industry has not yet led to a breakdown of the integrated ticketing that marked such a step forward in British practice .
9 Although the number of marketmakers has not substantially changed in the 3 years since the Big Bang the membership has .
10 Far from being ‘ non-interventionist ’ , in this case Mr Lang has not only acted as promoter of the scheme itself , but also as overseer of the setting up of the public inquiry .
11 Both are clearly unsatisfactory , but a practical and popular alternative has not yet emerged for either .
12 The college has not yet applied for an English Heritage grant , for which it would certainly be eligible .
13 British wave energy research has not yet recovered from this body blow .
14 The stranger had not once glanced in their direction .
15 Though Steven had not yet qualified as a doctor/passed his A levels/opened his restaurant/learned to tell the difference between a gasket and a sprocket , it was obvious that they had much in common .
16 This tense relationship between bourgeois careerism and communist party political commitment was at the root of the accusation that during this period Nizan had not entirely succeeded in severing his links with his bourgeois past .
17 Johnny had n't even flinched at the insult .
18 It had come from the London Group of members , but the Operations Department have not yet come to a decision on this .
19 In the difficult economic climate of the 1970s and 80s there have been more frequent cries from industry for assistance , which States have not always resisted in their desire to minimise the disruptive effects of economic change .
20 If the terms of an agreement are unclear , or incomplete in some material aspect , it may be that in law the parties have not yet entered into a contract .
21 The Easter Road club have n't even scored against Hearts in their last five games and they 'll almost certainly face the new Hearts strikeforce of Mo Johnston and John Robertson tomorrow .
22 Work has not yet started on two other functions in the programme — Invoice Payments and IT Services Management .
23 It 's extremely unwise to quote your Chairman of Committee , if the Chairman of the committee actually A has n't been informed that he 's being quoted , or B has not actually agreed with what it is that you 're quoting .
24 And the saint has not yet spoken to us of Shrewsbury . ’
25 The tiny single room was jammed with the mossy timbers of disused sheep pens , but the little iron fire grate that once warmed the hardy men who worked here was still set in the foot of the hut 's tottering gable end , and the massive stone lintel had not yet fallen from its place above the doorway .
26 And second , it appears that the latter withdrew his approval of the initial closure proposal because the Education Committee had not fully complied with government regulations on closure procedure .
27 Many urban areas had not really benefited to any great extent .
28 In this case , the Law Lords chose to say that the GLC had not adequately taken into account the interests of the rate payers and that the interests of the users of public transport had been unduly preferred .
29 The Yugoslav revolution succeeded in preventing the nationalities within its state frontiers from massacring each other almost certainly for longer than ever before in their history and though this achievement is now unfortunately crumbling , by the end of 1988 national tensions had not yet led to a single fatality .
30 Although two thirds of companies had not previously used outside advice and counselling , 35% did say that they would consider it .
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