Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since subscriptions for membership have not been increased this year , one way in which everyone could help would be to add a donation — no matter how small — when sending in their subscription fee . |
| 2 | Thin , pale , intense , he had not been speaking many minutes before we were electrified by this man . |
| 3 | I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it . |
| 4 | Sigsworth had not been receiving any medication at the hospital to help him over his withdrawal . |
| 5 | She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed . |
| 6 | However , a substantial proportion of the long-term cases are children who have been taken into care against the wishes of their parents because they have not been receiving adequate care or control . |
| 7 | We 're simply saying that it 's not been demonstrated that regeneration of West Yorkshire 's been taken into account . |
| 8 | ‘ Others have not been getting initial appointments and have not been put on waiting lists because they are so long . |
| 9 | ‘ Over the past hundred years there has never been a real commitment to the formation of a contemporary art collection and the cost of establishing one has not been given much thought ’ , says Corral . |
| 10 | Very small constellations have not been given separate maps , and in each case I have added some of the stars in adjacent groups to help in identification . |
| 11 | ‘ We are asking staff who have not been given another location to turn up at their nearest branch , where a desk and computer terminal will be provided for them . ’ |
| 12 | We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them . |
| 13 | She had not been given any choice in the matter . |
| 14 | I 've not been given any instructions ! |
| 15 | There may also be funds in bank or building society accounts but we have not been given any details of these . |
| 16 | But the community health council 's chief officer , Mrs Chris Stead , said the council had still not been given any assurances that the situation was being addressed . |
| 17 | Ukraine participated in a non-voting capacity , since its head of delegation had not been given plenary powers other than to sign agreements on co-operation in meteorology , environmental protection , and electricity production ( Ukraine did not in fact sign these agreements ) . |
| 18 | Chipenda had earlier resigned as election organizer for the MPLA [ see p. 38949 for his election to MPLA central committee and political bureau ] , saying that he had not been given sufficient funds for the campaign and citing a " lack of the necessary trust and openness " in the party . |
| 19 | The 22-year-old , in a coma since he was injured during the FA Cup semi-final at the Sheffield Wednesday ground on April 15 , 1989 , had not been given artificial help to survive since February 22 . |
| 20 | The plaintiff will still have to make the necessary amendments to his statement of claim and , if he has left it this late to do so , may well find himself in difficulty over costs if the action has to be stood out or adjourned because the defendant has not been given adequate notice . |
| 21 | The arbitrator stated that the elderly couple in question had been sold an unsuitable product and had not been given adequate risk warnings . |
| 22 | This deficiency is frequently obvious in foals whose dams have not been fed sufficient calcium , and the foals may have dramatic leg defects as a result . |
| 23 | Because she had been detached from it at the most traumatic moments , she had not been caused any distress but was well able to see how the combination of Daniel 's various experiences could have led to her phobia about water . |
| 24 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 25 | I saw now exactly why , when General Francis 's name came up , Daisy bemoaned the fact that she had not been born twenty years earlier . |
| 26 | The woman , in her sixties from England , had not been named last night . |
| 27 | Also , it had certainly not been ploughed this century , if at all . |
| 28 | Sophia wished her sister had not been wearing tartan trews , but it would never do to say anything . |
| 29 | The workers ' faith has not been repaid this week — in a region which had escaped many of the severe job cuts which had hit other cities . |
| 30 | If applications have not been received five months into bodies ’ financial years it is assumed by the Council that they do not need , and therefore do not intend to apply for , grant aid . |