Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have n't been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Mackenzie first approached the Environmental Committee last May , but so far the result has n't been encouraging . |
| 2 | And because the horse has n't been upset , it is more likely to be co-operative next time it is to be shod . |
| 3 | But when you consider today 's high prices , should we have to pay more — especially when the service has n't been good ? |
| 4 | The crew had n't been able to knock in ( ‘ locate ’ , for the purposes of the Captain 's log ) the nose-wheel pin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The season has n't been kind to Somerset 's Ricky Bartlett . |
| 7 | I was trying to accomplish within my own small person what the malais had n't been able to do to a nation . |
| 8 | He tried hard not to wonder why the word had n't been much more than a growl . |
| 9 | Dalgliesh thought that whoever had composed the message had n't been uneducated . |
| 10 | It 's the first time most of the jugglers have performed in a theatre : adapting their skills to the show had n't been easy . |
| 11 | But Paula says the Press have n't been fair she explains she actually went through two speed traps without knowing it . |
| 12 | The Factory had n't been specific ( it rarely is ) , but I had the feeling that whatever it was warning me about was important , and I also suspected it would be bad , but I had been wise enough to take the hint and check my Poles , and now I knew my aim was still good ; things were still with me . |
| 13 | But the year has n't been all doom and gloom . |
| 14 | Knowing nothing of her problems with Giles , the other girls in the office had n't been able to understand her reluctance . |