Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing to stop the parties specifically preventing the expert from pursuing his own investigations and limiting his consideration of evidence to the material submitted by the parties ; this can be attended to at this stage , if it has not been already provided for in the expert clause : see 8.15.8 . |
| 2 | Any creditor ( other than a secured creditor ) is eligible to be a member of the committee provided that he has lodged a proof of debt and his proof has not been wholly disallowed for voting purposes nor for the purposes of distribution and dividend ( r6.150(2) ) . |
| 3 | The report said that many of the chemicals in commercial use today had not been adequately tested for their toxicity . |
| 4 | In retrospect many Conservatives felt that the ill-fated 1971 Industrial Relations Act had been too ambitious and that the ground had not been adequately prepared for such a sweeping measure . |
| 5 | Bramble was forty-five and had not been thus addressed for almost a quarter of a century . |
| 6 | The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble . |
| 7 | That all thoughts of penal reform had not been completely shelved for the duration of hostilities was shown by a written answer to a Parliamentary Question addressed to the Home Secretary in April 1944 . |
| 8 | This had previously been organized by the police but had not been seriously updated for years . |
| 9 | He had n't been exactly jumping for joy to have her here in the first place , as she knew very well . |