Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] n't been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er but the plan itself the DOPACS units have n't been actually completed and therefore they could be running at a loss . |
| 2 | We are accused of being the poor men of Europe , and I think we are economically and industrially the poor men of Europe or at least our performances have n't been very good in this respect since the War , but the other side is that because we are the poor men and are self-conscious about it , that we have compensated , in a sense , in the vitality of our music and of our culture , and certainly in the pop culture . |
| 3 | So , for these people , the clinical psychoanalysts , the black books have n't been very interesting , or they 've been actually distracting . |
| 4 | British handhelds have n't been too successful in the past ( remember the Gamate ? |
| 5 | ‘ We have a problem in Scotland in that our company start-up rate is about half that of England 's and banks have n't been very keen on it in the past . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Things have n't been quite the same between John and I since I had the twins . |
| 7 | Plans to admit men have n't been well received by the students at Somerville . |
| 8 | ‘ School governors have been given increasing responsibility in recent years , but they have n't been adequately prepared and as a result children have n't been properly protected against abuse by teachers , ’ NASWE general secretary Sue Allen told delegates . |