Example sentences of "there have not been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has not been space to say much about the flight from generality in the world outside mind , but I have tried to show how the attempts to flee generality within the mind and to abandon or reduce consciousness must both fail . |
| 2 | Their duties include the determination and monitoring of policy but there has not been research into this or any aspects of Probation Committees ' work . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There has n't been time , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’ |
| 6 | There has n't been duty on books since 1860 , when it was seen as a tax on knowledge . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | as if there 'd not been trouble enough with Daisy , without we 've this now . |
| 12 | There 've not been trains in Barney for 30 years ; a lot of them had never seen one in their lives . ’ |
| 13 | There had n't been time , on Heaven , for the two women to get to know each other . |
| 14 | There had n't been time to get Maxim 's name on the usual notice of forthcoming visitors to the embassy ; she had been signalled by the Security Service who shared the Steering Committee 's deep distrust of the visit and wanted her to debrief him after his meeting . |
| 15 | There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided . |
| 16 | She meant to explain that there had n't been room in their cases but before she could speak Miss Evans turned bright red and said quickly , ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , how silly of me , why should you ? |
| 17 | It was not that she was unattractive , or that there had not been offers for her . |
| 18 | But , of course , there had not been time yet for anyone to report on Katelina , even had shipping been normal . |
| 19 | For one thing , there had not been time for the more remotely-seated lords to arrive , if indeed many of them heeded the summons ; and the Balliol supporters , of course , remained absent . |
| 20 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |
| 21 | There had not been time to teach them . |
| 22 | Not that there have n't been mornings when he 'd rather have stayed in bed . |
| 23 | Well I , I still do look er y you know but not er m you see last year th there 's not been bargains with erm , who was it who went bust ? |