Example sentences of "there has [not/n't] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Their duties include the determination and monitoring of policy but there has not been research into this or any aspects of Probation Committees ' work .
2 The need for development has to be established and so erm I refute the fact totally that there has n't been pressure for development in the countryside , that 's certainly not the case .
3 ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’
4 There has n't been duty on books since 1860 , when it was seen as a tax on knowledge .
5 There has n't been duty on books for more than a hundred and thirty years , in 1860 it was seen as a tax on knowledge and abolished .
6 Oh I I would be it would be nonsense to say that there has n't been failings of the system , sometimes through the carelessness of an officer , sometimes , certainly in the initial stage , because of their lack of awareness of the er provisions of the act .
7 It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’
8 It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’
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