Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 2 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 3 | In the first annual report of the medical superintendent it was reported that it had not been necessary to use the padded cell on any occasion , despite the fact that many patients had been admitted handcuffed , leg iron locked or bound with cords and chains . |
| 4 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 5 | Proceedings in a Dutch court were begun by a document transmitted under the Hague Convention to a local court in Germany which certified under Article 6 that it had not been possible to serve the document . |
| 6 | One of the authors , John Perry , director of the Institute of Housing , said yesterday that it had not been possible to calculate a Scottish figure because of differences in the financial systems . |
| 7 | This account of the treaty may , as Florence claims , have been a lie , but it , or something like it , could well have been what Cnut preferred people to believe , for he may have been aware that it had not been unusual within the West Saxon dynasty for brother to follow brother : it was the succession of King Æthelwulf 's sons in turn which brought Alfred to the throne in 871 , despite the fact that his brother Æthelred I had male issue . |
| 8 | The JAC in Leeds admitted that it had not been able to counter the numbers going into dead-end jobs , and a similar admission was made by the Plymouth authorities . |
| 9 | Misys Plc , which said in January that it was in talks that could lead to it acquiring Burns Anderson Independent Network Plc ( CI No 2,081 ) , said yesterday that it had not been able to agree terms for the acquisition and that negotiations had therefore been terminated . |
| 10 | Experience has taught us that it has not been necessary to invoke the similar or parallel provisions made for those industries . |
| 11 | Felids produce the greatest amount of damage , so great that it has not been possible to obtain any bone samples large enough to quantify . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Melts that had frozen within this subconscious lithosphere would enrich it in the same elements that are enriched in the crust , so it has not been possible to distinguish between these theories . |
| 14 | And it had n't been fair of her to expect him to do so . |
| 15 | Forester had delivered the certificate and the other papers by hand to the country police station ; it was n't much more than a converted garage alongside the local man 's house , and it had n't been difficult to pick a time when it had been unattended . |
| 16 | And it had n't been some unknown island wine with mystical aphrodisiac properties , had it ? |
| 17 | The third practice had overspent because it had taken over a smaller practice after the preparatory work on budget setting had been completed , and it had not been able to make an accurate estimate of prescribing costs for the 1300 patients involved . |
| 18 | However , by May 1991 the Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers had still not agreed on the location of the Agency 's headquarters and it had not been able to start work . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've done the checking you wanted , ’ said Georgiades , ‘ and it 's not been easy , I can tell you . |
| 20 | and it 's not been funny at all , he 's laughing about it but I 've had to cope with it |
| 21 | It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it . |
| 22 | I have experience of this class of case over a period of more than fifty years and it has n't been uncommon in the past even in the days when judges took a more rigorous view than they cline er inclined to do nowadays not to punish er in any with a custodial |
| 23 | But that window 's completely cleared out now and it has n't been open at all this week . |
| 24 | Rune 's tone was bland , his expression suggesting that if it had n't been impolite he would have challenged her rash assertion . |
| 25 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 26 | She said , ‘ Oh , I see , ’ as if it had n't been obvious to her that the photograph was old . |
| 27 | Nenna knew that , if it had n't been disloyal , Richard would have appealed to her to do or say something . |
| 28 | By and large the original exhibition at Edinburgh has been well adapted to the diverse spaces at Kenwood , even if it has not been possible to make the large plaster reconstruction model , lent by the Museo della Civiltà Romana , Rome , still the focal centre of the show . |
| 29 | They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee . |
| 30 | Mossad is different , but it 's fair to assume that if it has n't been able to put someone into Iraq to kill Saddam , then it 's next to impossible to do so . |