Example sentences of "not been any " in BNC.

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1 Clearly there has not been any significant surge in the interest of draining wetlands and wet pastures in spite of opportunities to do so .
2 I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ .
3 There has not been any demonstration of a necessary correlation between the incidence of claims to objectivity and the development of literacy .
4 The event turned out in fact as successful as last year 's but there had not been any advantage in the February timing , .
5 As we showed earlier in this section , there has not been any serious shortage of capital for investment during the period covered by this study .
6 So far as I know , however , there have not been any comprehensive studies of the rise and fall of various economic groups in more recent times , nor has there been an attempt to provide , on a broad scale , an economic interpretation of political events in the twentieth century , although there are of course many elements of such an interpretation in recent Marxist debates about modes of production , in the analyses of development and underdevelopment , and in the theories of industrial and post-industrial societies .
7 There has not been any real investment in that region since 1979 .
8 Indeed , as far as I am aware , there have not been any previous accidents of this nature within the tunnel .
9 In this generation there has not been any doubt about his identity .
10 However , there have not been any reports of point mutations in the remaining FMS allele in patients with a 5q deletion .
11 But a Garda spokesman in Dundalk said : ‘ There has not been any notable increase in crime , certainly no more so than in any other area . ’
12 ‘ To be honest , we have not been any busier this year but the accident toll has been higher than in previous times . ’
13 No them 's just the on the if there 'd not been any change to the croft and that there 'd still the old rent .
14 She 's not been any more so I 'll have to go round to .
15 I 've not seen any there 's not been any more in erm workmen in .
16 Happily , there has n't been any problem with the pernicious perennial weeds I find elsewhere in the garden , such as the deep-rooting bindweed and ground elder .
17 After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in !
18 The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years .
19 Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off .
20 There had n't been any time to find a new skivvy , and a skivvy was vital if the evening was to be a success .
21 There had n't been any cracks .
22 ‘ Well , there has n't been any question of it up till now .
23 Shaun should move to Milton Keynes — there have n't been any drugs here for ages .
24 Ehm is a it is n't actually a a erm a new school it 's Birchwood High School it used to be Margaret Dane which has been established a few years but Birchwood just been started for a year erm it has is some information but obviously there have n't been any feedback from the school so I starts there .
25 Our control should be extended to the country and a tripartite commission exists to reform the Labour Code , but it was set up three years ago , and so far there have n't been any results .
26 There have n't been any other erm any other areas er , of complaint with er
27 ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour .
28 I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be .
29 There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time .
30 ‘ He 'd have killed her if there had n't been any blood .
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