Example sentences of "has [not/n't] been [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having worked on interview panels with the now defunct ILEA I can say that the object has not been to block the drama school selection so much as to see that the grant is well justified . |
| 2 | The Commission 's brief has not been to consider what is in the best interest of art dealers nor whether the royalty is a useful means of helping artists . |
| 3 | Indeed , the committee submits that ‘ throughout our aim has not been to advance any particular viewpoint , but simply to identify the relevant facts . |
| 4 | The purpose of detailing the relationship between the Irish constitution and the papal teaching of the period has not been to ridicule seemingly outdated church — state dispositions . |
| 5 | Our intention has not been to present any firm typology so much as to indicate the possibilities for variations in visionary style , and to map out some important dimensions of visionary leadership . |
| 6 | Being highly centralized , the British system has not been to have powerful centres outside London from which groups of services can be conducted for that area , but to administer each of the important functions of government from Whitehall for the whole of the country . |
| 7 | She 's only been with them three months , remember , and Daniel has n't been to see her since . |
| 8 | ‘ And for all we know Ma might realise that she has n't been to see her . ’ |
| 9 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
| 10 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |