Example sentences of "have [not/n't] be [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water .
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 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 .
6 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 .
7 Car production at Tatra has not been profitable for more than 40 years .
8 With respect , I shall not give way because my hon. Friend has not been present for much of the debate .
9 At dusk , it has not been unknown for us to traipse round the dykeside field boundaries collecting slugs , a pretty grisly business .
10 It seems therefore that implanted metal despite a potential to induce fibrosis or inflammation , has not been responsible for malignancy .
11 Life has n't been easy for Patsy McGowan 's troops of late .
12 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
13 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
14 It has n't been easy for people across the country it has n't been easy for businesses and it has n't been easy for the government to do it .
15 The Macari honeymoon period is in full swing and there 's a determination and self-belief about the players which has n't been visible for some time .
16 But this kind of razamatazz has n't been necessary for the XJ220 .
17 They only ever come around to yours when the sink 's full of washing-up , there 's a pile of dirty washing on the kitchen floor , the sitting room looks as if it has n't been Hoovered for a month , there are empty Smarties packets down the sides of the chairs , toast crumbs all over the tables , cobwebs in the corner and you 've run out of coffee .
18 I 'm afraid this last week has n't been wonderful for , for practice .
19 It had not been necessary for him to be there .
20 The taxation in itself , however heavy , could hardly have sparked off so violent a conflagration if conditions had not been appropriate for it .
21 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 .
22 It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 It had not been easy for him to gain readmission .
28 Too numerous to list here individually , most were of early-1980s , vintage and had not been airworthy for some time .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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