Example sentences of "[noun sg] has n't been [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're angry the motor racing team has n't been able to improve on the reportedly £7million offer to tempt him back . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 3 | The problem 's arisen because surface water has n't been able to drain away . |
| 4 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 5 | Cockney ruffian culture has n't been able to progress on the swaggering menace , social quirks , pithy observation and deranged vignettes detailed in the impressive collection of tunes played out here under the giant M erected in Finsbury Park . |
| 6 | There 's still one thing our technology has n't been able to improve upon though . |