Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] have [been] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This point helps to explain why there do not appear to have been many actual dismissals for pilferage ( we assume that we would have been told if there had been an abnormally high incidence of these ) , but we would still have expected there to be some if pilferage has been common , particularly since store security is not under Fred 's control . |
| 2 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 3 | There does not appear to have been any significant progress on this in the intervening twenty-four years . |
| 4 | There does not appear to have been any significant pressure from voluntary organizations or the public . |
| 5 | They were a primitive and tribal people , and do not seem to have been such fierce opponents as the Saxons . |
| 6 | And it was in Paris that the Liszt-Thalberg rivalry began ( though it was not a thing of their own making , and there does not seem to have been any genuine animosity between them ) ; when they played in a contest in an aristocratic household Thalberg was declared the first pianist in the world and Liszt was thus deemed to have won on points , and it was said that Thalberg departed with his head hung low . |
| 7 | But there do n't seem to have been any serious consequences from the BBC spoof . |