Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It claims the annual American-South Korean military exercises , known as Team Spirit , are a threat to the North ; that the Americans still have nuclear weapons in South Korea ; and that the South has not been inspected for nuclear bases .
2 If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years .
3 Back came all the romance of train travel that had not been seen for fifty years .
4 The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam .
5 The wide-field/planetary camera has produced its share of dramatic pictures , including detailed ones of a storm on Saturn the like of which has not been seen for 60 years .
6 Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare .
7 Sergeant Raymond Mitchell , of Cape Town police , told TODAY : ‘ Sharon had not been seen for 24 hours , and in the current climate in the country , we were anxious for her welfare .
8 Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting .
9 And he had not been seen for some days .
10 Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours .
11 Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill .
12 The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision .
13 It 's not been fed for two years has it , so
14 I think to do that erm to chairman , to define the Greater York area then to ten miles that would of course require a consistent calculation of the housing need requirement both the local need element and the hundred percent migration element which arises within that ten mile er area , to be consistent with erm the rest of the policy , and of course that calculation erm that consistent calculation er has not been done for that area .
15 The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held .
16 Head circumference had not been recorded for 137 men , but this could be estimated from the two head diameters by using the regression equation derived from the 1042 records which included the circumference and both diameters .
17 Altogether she followed up 345 white American children who had been referred to the child guidance clinic for anti-social behaviour , 130 other referrals and 100 individuals who had attended neighbouring elementary schools who had not been referred for any specialist help , and who therefore provided a comparison group .
18 Permission has not been granted for large extensions .
19 In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend 's question about population planning assistance to the former Soviet Union , although we have not been asked for such help , last week I agreed that £2 million-worth of medical aid should be spent in the republics of the former Soviet Union .
20 It seemed a wise precaution to lunge him first , as he had not been ridden for three days , and this was accomplished in a corner of the field without either difficulties or a great deal of finesse .
21 There was virtually no constituency organisation to cope with a major campaign — it had not been needed for three decades !
22 TYPE , PFND The Module type has not been specified for this module or is not S , F or M. Please specify a valid module type , S for a SOURCE module , F for a FOREIGN module , or M for a PMODEL module .
23 The passage into law has failed fully to satisfy campaigners who argue that proper parity has still not been won for Scots families .
24 It has not been released for independent investigation or for investigation by BR experts , so it is not part of the evidence that is being considered at the BR internal inquiry now under way .
25 And because Barlaston had ceased to function as a house in the 1930s , and had not been modernized for many years before that , it was in a remarkably unaltered state and thus an important archaeological document .
26 It was owned by the Baron de Rochefort and his family , and visitors had not been encouraged for some time , as the Baron did not enjoy the best of health .
27 A charge of public exhibition of indecent acts or things had not been brought for 100 years , since a showman was convicted of keeping a booth on Epsom Downs for the purpose of an indecent exhibition .
28 The money has not been used for that purpose .
29 Therefore my own chapel which has not been used for two generations but for a lumber room , because our family seldom resided here long together , shall be cleared and cleaned and got ready for the ceremony .
30 Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years .
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