Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [not/n't] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emigrés from the region in former Yugoslavia with , confusingly , the same name say that a show of such fragile works sends a strongly political message from Athens , which has hitherto not been a generous international lender of art . |
| 2 | The 1977 US survey quoted above concluded from the experience of those interviewed that ‘ heightened consumer awareness has apparently not been accompanied by an increase in ( shopping around for credit ) by consumers ’ . |
| 3 | This thinking has apparently not been overly concerned with the argument that from that point on it would be not so much what went on in Britain as what happened in Germany which would count most ( a phenomenon clearly illustrated by the chart in Appendix 2 ) . |
| 4 | But it was an option chosen and sustained by the Queen herself , her government and her people , and the power of such a symbol produced a great flowering of culture and a sense of national identity that has perhaps not been surpassed since . |
| 5 | Often , and particularly with those individuals who have spent long hours in heavy manual labour , there has perhaps not been the time or energy to develop such interests or hobbies . |
| 6 | In China , criticism of the bureaucracy has generally not been through formal representative assemblies , councils and congresses but through ‘ mass campaigns ’ , though the direction of influence has tended to be from the party leadership to the masses through propaganda , political education and mobilization exercises rather than from the masses upwards . |
| 7 | Consequently , selective assay of apical and basolateral transport systems has usually not been possible . |
| 8 | It has still not been restarted . |
| 9 | The paper has still not been published . |
| 10 | It may sound surprising therefore that the problem of sex selection before birth has still not been solved , nor is it likely that it will be solved for natural conceptions in the foreseeable future . |
| 11 | ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . ) |
| 12 | As we go to press , FRS 3 has still not been issued , but we shall assume that it follows the lines of FRED 1 . |
| 13 | Balboa might find it amusing : nearly five centuries later , the land he crossed in the sixteenth century on foot has still not been completely bridged for those crossing it by car . |
| 14 | The story of the RC — which will be given in more detail in another chapter — has still not been fully told , mainly because the documentation on it has been treated like the Crown Jewels . |
| 15 | Damage from the earthquake of 1988 , which weakened an enormous number of the standing buildings , has still not been repaired . |
| 16 | This is a prodigiously deep fissure or cave system in the mass if which has still not been fully explored but which by 1979 had been traced by speleologists to a depth of 4,400 feet . |
| 17 | The possibility that the amount of the bills might be reduced on a taxation which has still not been initiated is not a sufficient reason in this case for setting aside the demand . |
| 18 | The lobby has been operating even longer than MI5 and is almost as well known but unlike the secret service , the existence of the lobby has still not been officially acknowledged . |
| 19 | A question that has still not been answered at any point during the debate was asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham ( Mr. Walden ) : what happens if the other countries go ahead without us ? |
| 20 | But the computer company which was to have supplied the computer software and hardware has still not been disclosed by the Dundonald-based board . |
| 21 | Conservationists have expressed concern over the future of Britain 's peatlands because a deal aimed at preserving them agreed in January 1992 [ see ED 55 ] has still not been signed and could be abandoned . |
| 22 | The government in July 1992 proclaimed an area of land as the permanent possession of the Awa , but the land has still not been physically demarcated . |
| 23 | A convicted child molester who escaped from a mental hospital has still not been found . |
| 24 | The taxi — a grey Montego was abandoned and has still not been found . |
| 25 | An report on the religious breakdown of the council , due out three years ago , has still not been published . |
| 26 | Gavin repeatedly tried to fob them off and one family has still not been paid . |
| 27 | The passage into law has failed fully to satisfy campaigners who argue that proper parity has still not been won for Scots families . |
| 28 | But , though in custody , he has still not been tried because of delays in the French legal system . |
| 29 | Distributing next year 's maintained payment between the two new companies has clearly not been an easy task and question marks must remain over the board 's decision just to split the 1993 payment straight down the middle with the promise that each company will not pay less than 27.5p a share . |
| 30 | He explained that it was a unanimous decision by Butcher , senior coach Alan Jones and second-team coach John Steele , that Maynard , a gifted but erratic player of whom the best has probably not been seen , should have the chance . |