Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [be] any " in BNC.

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1 Clearly there has not been any significant surge in the interest of draining wetlands and wet pastures in spite of opportunities to do so .
2 There has not been any demonstration of a necessary correlation between the incidence of claims to objectivity and the development of literacy .
3 As we showed earlier in this section , there has not been any serious shortage of capital for investment during the period covered by this study .
4 There has not been any real investment in that region since 1979 .
5 In this generation there has not been any doubt about his identity .
6 But a Garda spokesman in Dundalk said : ‘ There has not been any notable increase in crime , certainly no more so than in any other area . ’
7 Happily , there has n't been any problem with the pernicious perennial weeds I find elsewhere in the garden , such as the deep-rooting bindweed and ground elder .
8 The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years .
9 ‘ Well , there has n't been any question of it up till now .
10 ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour .
11 There has n't been any danger to us .
12 In case anyone is wondering why there has n't been any coverage of LASMO 's tournament-winning broomball team recently , it 's because there is no ice on the Broadgate rink .
13 The committee meet the sub the committee has not met yet , because there has n't been any action , and we wo n't be meeting until we get some movement from any of those three agencies who 'll be replying to us .
14 ‘ There has n't been any post for me by any chance , has there , Iris ? ’
15 There has n't been any attempt about savings , or reduced commitments or any , or everything is here , and if it has n't been attempts , perhaps we could have a list of what 's actually been removed .
16 Erm peo , people ca n't have it all ways , there has n't been any cut in the police service , in the police budget , I 'm sorry , erm we have for many years funded the police in a very generous way .
17 ‘ I hope there has n't been any kind of trouble , ’ she said , watching the policemen disappear up the path .
18 ‘ I would like to comment , ’ he adds , ‘ that I notice there has n't been any improvement of your journalistic content . ’
19 and I 've been trying for ages but there just has n't been any cos
20 , I was going to get you trimmed this week , but it has n't been any warm weather has it , you would n't want your coat off , no .
21 There has n't been any orange since Monday !
22 There 's hardly , there has n't been any snow around here
23 Well there has n't been any success under John McGregor .
24 And the letter is tells me basically that they 've not been able to find out what the cause of the explosion was , and that there has n't been any further explosion since .
25 She 's not been any more so I 'll have to go round to .
26 I 've not seen any there 's not been any more in erm workmen in .
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