Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] have [been] [det] " 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 do not appear to have been any children ( none are mentioned in his will ) . |
| 4 | They were a primitive and tribal people , and do not seem to have been such fierce opponents as the Saxons . |
| 5 | The practical services rendered by each side to the other do not seem to have been all that large although there is still considerable speculation about the volume of weapons with which the Vietminh were supplied . |
| 6 | But there do n't seem to have been any serious consequences from the BBC spoof . |
| 7 | There does not appear to have been any significant progress on this in the intervening twenty-four years . |
| 8 | There does not appear to have been any significant pressure from voluntary organizations or the public . |
| 9 | In the Fuqua case there does not appear to have been any problem of divisional interdependence , but this will not always be the case . |
| 10 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Difficulties arise because there does not seem to have been any system of numbering or any attempt to group subjects . |
| 13 | The news about the lady 's quiverful of kiddies does not seem to have been any more than a very temporary dose of saltpetre , and it 's worn off . |
| 14 | … there does not seem to have been any dispute between the parties [ in Tharsis Sulphur ] . |
| 15 | At the same time , you can see the domestic holidays the pattern 's less clear , but certainly there does n't appear to have been any growth . |
| 16 | There therefore does n't seem to have been much of a change , and furthermore Smith ( 1983 ) in his text specifically entitled Recreation Geography has also followed this model , albeit in the modified form of the relationship between ‘ travel/resources ’ which he calls the two main branches of the tree of recreation geography . |