Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department ‘ s syllabus has not been revised for five years and perhaps is ready for a revision . |
| 2 | The 70-year-old has not been seen for four weeks since leaving the Robert Huggins home for the elderly in Acklam . |
| 3 | Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Permission has not been granted for large extensions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself . |
| 11 | The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks . |
| 12 | The money has not been used for that purpose . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She explains patiently , again , that Rude Pravo has not been published for fifteen years . |
| 15 | A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It has n't been touched for hundreds of years . |
| 18 | The play 's pleasures are largely connoisseurial ( it has n't been seen for 20 years ) , though one suspects its absence from the stage is a case of understandable neglect . |
| 19 | Her British certificate has n't been renewed for twenty years . ’ |
| 20 | Mademoiselle from Armentières … has n't been kissed for forty years … has n't been kissed … |
| 21 | ‘ Primary ’ rainforest is an area that has n't been disturbed for hundreds of years and has reached a state of mature complexity ; it is also known as virgin forest . |
| 22 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 23 | Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 24 | I 've told you , Rude Pravo has n't been published for fifteen years . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours . |
| 28 | A heating expert said the boiler had not been serviced for twenty five years , and the flue was blocked . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |