Example sentences of "not [been] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alloy which was not available to the ancient Egyptians because the required technology had not been developed was brass ( oreichalcum or oreichalkos to the ancient writers ) , the alloy of copper with zinc . |
| 2 | Because this seems to be largely a ‘ negative ’ result , in the sense that differences in the secretion of acid and pepsin were not discovered , the confidence that a type II error ( a false negative ) has not been made was estimated . |
| 3 | ‘ What has not been recognised is the difficulty of maintaining a stable exchange rate within the ERM unless British industry 's costs rise no faster than those of our EC competitors . ’ |
| 4 | And his decision not to take part in the World Team Cup this year because Croatia had not been recognised was treated with respect rather than disapproval . |
| 5 | At school the importance of baptism was stressed and , once , all those who had not been baptised were asked to put up their hands . |
| 6 | Even those heathlands which have not been reafforested are rapidly becoming covered with silver birch and self-sown Scots Pine , due to lack of grazing management . |
| 7 | What had not been foreseen was the linking of the CNAA with a public system of higher education ‘ as rigidly conceived as it is implemented by present governmental policy ’ . |
| 8 | One proposal that has not been retained is that of the total finance costs for non-equity shares . |
| 9 | A 34-year-old man whose identity has not been released was stabbed and badly injured after leaving the Cadder Vaults pub in Glasgow at 8pm on Sunday night . |
| 10 | The very demarcation between those types of cases where it has been and where it has not been utilised is , in itself , informative . |
| 11 | The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this . |
| 12 | 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 . |