Example sentences of "[that] [pron] has [not/n't] [been] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And for all we know Ma might realise that she has n't been to see her . ’
2 To me , the fact that she has n't been heard of again in seventeen years puts a different complexion on it .
3 Mind , I do n't say that she has n't been knocked about a bit …
4 Is the little dark-eyed doe implying that she has n't been haunted , since the moment of their first encounter , with images of our fascinating , leather-jacketed heroine ?
5 It is — The Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , laughs and cackles , but I have no doubt that she has not been to Archway Tower .
6 Except that it 's significant that she has not been charged with being an accessory to the murder of Stompie Moeketsi er some months ago .
7 A third factor is that there has not been a major epidemic in Britain for 20 years .
8 David Rigg , commercial development director , reminisced nostalgically that there has not been such a boom in his business since the rush to decolonise Africa some 30 years ago .
9 Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times .
10 The problem with British rain is only partly that there has not been enough of it .
11 All sperm is tested twice to ensure that there has not been an error in the initial testing .
12 Does the Secretary of State accept that there has not been , is not and will not be a majority in Scotland for the Trident missile system and that , ultimately , its deployment will depend on the consent not of the Westminster Parliament but of the Scottish people , and it will not be forthcoming ?
13 Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that .
14 I am not saying that there has not been considerable support for it , and he can report that to the House .
15 Third , compliance with regulatory rules or the regulator 's directions may facilitate a finding that there has not been " unreasonable " or " unfair " conduct .
16 One final quick note Chairman , there is no point complaining that there has not been a cop copper bottomed guarantee .
17 Keith Sinclair and Gordon Lucking claim they have not been kept in touch with club affairs and that there has not been a board meeting since May last year .
18 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 . ’
19 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 . ’
20 over taking you know cutting right in front of you and er , you just , I see things in front of me and I can hardly believe that there has n't been a horrible accident , you know , just seeing the things that happening on the road .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed
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 Felids produce the greatest amount of damage , so great that it has not been possible to obtain any bone samples large enough to quantify .
26 I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of .
27 He went on : ‘ Before any particulars are entered on the computer , they are carefully checked with a view to ensuring that they are accurate and , where information has been received from individuals , that it has not been furnished maliciously ’ .
28 The new chairman , Dr David Swallow , says that it has not been possible to ascertain the impact of these adjustments on the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 1991 , and the directors consider it would not be practical to restate those results .
29 The realignment of exchange rates discussed above might suggest that it has not been very successful in promoting greater exchange rate stability .
30 And they are threatening , because it is offensive and undermining to be told that the life one has led has merely been one of servility , that it has not been of truly ‘ human ’ value , that one has been a ‘ fembot ’ or a ‘ puppet ’ .
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