Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the House of Lords retained the power to block the Commons utterly , and particularly had it not been possible for the Labour administration of 1945–51 force through its nationalisation policies by using the Parliament Act procedure to amend the 1911 Act , it is likely that the House of Lords would have been abolished . |
| 2 | It could be improved by including all the results of excavations since 1961 , but this has not been possible for various reasons , the most important of which is that it is no longer the intention to study the results of 367 , but to turn to another event recorded by Ammianus which can be illuminated by this old study and by more recent work . |
| 3 | It has not been possible for the American navy to leave behind the assets that it had developed there , but my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence will certainly take note of the point that the hon. Lady raised about Ministry of Defence assets in the area . |
| 4 | If , because of confidentiality or for other reasons , it has not been possible for the seller to make all enquiries that it otherwise would , the seller would be well advised to stipulate in the contract or disclosure letter what enquiries have been made . |
| 5 | This signalled the arrival of the half of the school that had NOT been early for assembly , who tried to enter the sports hall at the same time as the half that had just been thrown out tried to exit . |
| 6 | Car production at Tatra has not been profitable for more than 40 years . |
| 7 | The taxation in itself , however heavy , could hardly have sparked off so violent a conflagration if conditions had not been appropriate for it . |
| 8 | It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules . |
| 9 | She had a small collection of recipes which had not been suitable for the Mediterranean book and these now became French Country Cooking , published in 1951 . |
| 10 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |
| 11 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 12 | The past 10 years have not been easy for the profession . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not been easy for the chairman and his board seeing us stuck on the bottom of the table , ’ said Clough . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 16 | They were in Bill 's roomy Mercedes , and Bill would follow later in Tom 's own sports car , which had not been practical for transporting Faye in complete comfort . |
| 17 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 18 | In one of those announcements that trigger a double take in observers who find it hard to believe the function had not been available for years , IBM Corp this week finally added Ethernet support for the 3174 cluster controller , long after most users must have given up on the idea and made other arrangements . |
| 19 | Such data have not been available for the public sector in England and Wales until the OPCS Survey of School Leavers ( Redpath and Harvey , 1987 ) . |
| 20 | All young people falling into that category but over the age of 18 who have not been available for YT because of disability , ill health , pregnancy , a custodial sentence , remand or language difficulty are entitled to an offer of a suitable YT programme and to receive such training . |
| 21 | The postcode to Enumeration District directory and the digitised boundary data enable it to be mapped and compared with data compiled on a different geographical basis , an aid which has not been available for censuses prior to 1981 . |
| 22 | To often we have heard of buildings that have been put under capital expenditure and then the revenue has not been available for their use . |
| 23 | Although Valerie had not been present for any of the discussion among governors and teachers on the appointing committee ? her remarks were not all that far removed from what had transpired . |
| 24 | I have many points to answer , rather than respond to hon. Members who have not been present for the full debate . |
| 25 | With respect , I shall not give way because my hon. Friend has not been present for much of the debate . |
| 26 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 27 | And erm , so of course , she 's , you know , not been well for a couple of weeks and she 's gone down from nine four , to seven stone . |
| 28 | Too numerous to list here individually , most were of early-1980s , vintage and had not been airworthy for some time . |
| 29 | The council 's permission to the joint purchase was required because the woman had not been resident for six months . |
| 30 | Observers from the US National Democratic Institute said that there had been " serious problems " , that voter registration was incomplete , that registers had not been open for inspection , and that Biya had been allocated 142 minutes of coverage on the state-owned television service between Oct. 7 and polling day , while the six opposition candidates shared only 12 minutes . |