Example sentences of "[not/n't] been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As yet , however , there has not been a corresponding overhaul and harmonisation of the member countries ’ legal systems . |
| 2 | ‘ There has not been a better centre half in the country for the last 18 months . ’ |
| 3 | Phillips what a wonderful ball that almost turned out be there because er Crosby had it not been a better defender would have been in behind Whitlow . |
| 4 | Not been a boring day really . |
| 5 | There has not been a total severance with education , however , as the trust still allocates money to young people of the parish for further and higher education . |
| 6 | It had not been a serious proposition . |
| 7 | And Blumler found that ‘ Parliamentary television in the regions has not been a mere mirror or pale shadow of national television . |
| 8 | Yet ‘ the labouring poor ’ had not been a mere assembly of disparate groups . |
| 9 | The economic significance of capital maintenance in the balance sheets of public sector organizations has not been a major concern of accountants in the past . |
| 10 | A third factor is that there has not been a major epidemic in Britain for 20 years . |
| 11 | Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’ |
| 13 | It had not been a good day for liberal ideals . |
| 14 | It had not been a good day for the Magistrate . |
| 15 | Today has not been a good day . |
| 16 | No you 've not been a good boy ? |
| 17 | A ‘ mixed economy of care ’ , with care being provided on similar terms by public and independent sectors , is not particularly new to local authorities , although the contracting of care from multiple organizations has not been a key policy in the past , more an ad hoc response to specific local problems . |
| 18 | It had not been a pleasant summer . |
| 19 | Given these considerations , there has not been a managerial revolution . |
| 20 | For it is quite clear that despite innovative legislation , the proliferation of enforcement agencies , the relatively new use of imprisonment for corporate offenders , and absolutely ( but not relatively ) large fines for offending corporations , there has not been a substantial brake on corporate crime . |
| 21 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |
| 22 | Patrick had not been a demonstrative man . |
| 23 | The killing had not been a rational act ; when he did it , Alex Household had been mentally ill . |
| 24 | But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven . |
| 25 | Who knows how long that fly might have lived if there had not been a battered ruler lying to hand . |
| 26 | Clearly it has not been a typical day , even for 5 Airborne Brigade ; yet such operations have taken place seventy-three times since the Second World War . |
| 27 | Priestley was to recall Payday as being a remarkable film but of course it had not been a typical Chaplin film . |
| 28 | Well I can tell you , sir , that is incorrect , there has not been a cursory look at sites as Mr Frost has already underlined . |
| 29 | Do I discern that skating has not been a frequent pleasure in these parts ? ’ |
| 30 | Prince Charles has not been a frequent visitor to the province . |