Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a seller and buyer summons the court declared that the seller had not made a good title , and ordered the return to the buyer of the buyer 's deposit on the equitable principle that it is a seller 's duty to disclose fully and frankly in the contract any title defect . |
| 2 | Although a supporter of higher spending on education and health care , he had not made a strong record on these issues as senator . |
| 3 | He concluded that the council had not made a sufficient case to justify dismissing their Reporter . |
| 4 | Hampstead District had not made a formal response within the RHA 's consultative period , but it was noted that |
| 5 | The company had not made a proper effort to place her in a comparable position in another store . |
| 6 | If the Department of Industry had not made a direct grant to the company it is unlikely that SCAMP would exist . |
| 7 | The United States argued that Nicaragua had not made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) , since the Registry of the Permanent Court had not received a notification of deposit of its ratification of the Protocol of Signature of the Statute . |
| 8 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
| 9 | Councillor Malachi Curran , the chairman of the Down Economic Development Agency , claimed the area had not received a fair share in the past and there was an onus on the government to ensure Down was not neglected . |
| 10 | Ecalpemos , after all , was not Greek and did not even sound so to Rufus who , unlike Adam , had not received a classical education . |
| 11 | As for making up and imposition , the tasks most often cited as barred to women , they could certainly not be carried out by anyone who had not received a proper training , and were rightly regarded as skilled work . |
| 12 | A Downing Street spokeswoman said later they had not received a formal request from Mr Rushdie for a meeting . |
| 13 | The UFD , claiming that the government had not received a popular mandate , warned President Taya that its supporters would not accept the result . |
| 14 | ‘ When I started riding again at the IRTA tests in late February I had not ridden a 500 for five months and that 's too long to be away from a 500 . |
| 15 | The level of foreign trade was still low in terms of national income , and the USSR had not become a major trading partner for most of the developed capitalist countries ; nor was interpersonal contact particularly large given the population numbers involved . |
| 16 | If Michael Joyce had not become a naturalised citizen of the United States during his residence there , then his son would have inherited British nationality from his father . |
| 17 | Before reaching the high sand , one had to cross a fifty yards wide trough of mud and water , the depth of which varied from six inches to six feet The trough was probably the only reason the area had not become a popular tourist resort years before . |
| 18 | At least the pronunciamiento had not become a speculative business enterprise for generals . |
| 19 | Earlier , there were bitter exchanges when Labour 's Alun Michael ( Cardiff S and Penarth ) demanded to know why the Government had not built a single one of 65 secure units for juvenile offenders which had been promised two years ago . |
| 20 | Ireland lost all four Championship matches in ‘ 84 and it was generally felt that McBride had not achieved a good relationship with his players . |
| 21 | He thought he had succeeded but he could not be sure : her loyalty to Colonel Moore was bedrocked : so he had not scored a direct hit but then neither had she resented his attempt . |
| 22 | But shadow health secretary David Blunkett said he was disappointed Mrs Bottomley had not announced a full independent public inquiry . |
| 23 | She had stayed willingly in the secluded garden with the soldier , had not voiced a single protest at his boldness . |
| 24 | Goldthorpe thought that , if they had not adopted a middle-class way of life , then it was unlikely that any other working-class people had done so . |
| 25 | The Greens/Alliance 90 won representation in every Land except Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania where the two parties had not presented a joint list . |
| 26 | Until your exhibition at Anthony d'Offay 's gallery last summer , you had not showed a major group of works in London since the Serpentine Gallery 's exhibition of 1975 . |
| 27 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had not beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |
| 28 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 29 | As a result , when classes were announced , he had not obtained a first , only a good second . |
| 30 | She had not had a violent case of laughing for years . |