Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If the company does prove its case , it is still not clear whether it would escape the sanctions threatened by the US against European telecommunications products and services — mainly because the US has not firmed up on what action it will take .
2 My remarks about the Attorney-General were strong because he has not faced up to his responsibility to enforce the law .
3 There is also considerable evidence that even people entitled to , for instance , free glasses , must still contribute significant amounts to the cost , because the value of the benefit has not kept up with the cost of glasses .
4 However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise .
5 It must also be said of Poland that its society has been most resistant to Communist influence and , that of all East European countries , the gap between the state and its society has been greatest The LWP has not gone out of its way to act as the arbiter of events ; rather , it has had this role thrust upon it by Party factionalism and weakness .
6 The Llangurig line is a classic in this respect ; much of the damage is due to nature and man has not gone out of his way to remove a monument of the past .
7 Avnet Inc 's proposed acquisition of Hall-Mark Electronics Corp has not gone down to well with Standard & Poor 's Corp , which said it may cut the distributors $100m of A-plus-rated subordinated debt .
8 McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes .
9 He has not given up on health care .
10 He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election .
11 However , even this has not turned out to be so simple .
12 ‘ This has not turned out at all as I envisaged it .
13 He has not turned out for the village team since .
14 He has not turned out for the village team since .
15 Unfortunately the Act has not turned out in the way that its progenitors hoped .
16 Here , it is quite simply that the religion has not lived up to the expectations of its followers , that is , it has provided for them none of the benefits that they were led to expect when they were first introduced to it .
17 There is a rapidly-growing belief in Italy that Sampdoria are ready to part company with England defender Walker because he has not lived up to expectations since joining them last summer .
18 The Middlesex slow left-armer began this winter 's campaign as one of the world 's top ranked spinners , but he has not lived up to that reputation .
19 There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( CI No 1,697 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement .
20 She died last month in her 80th year , knowing — as we all do — that the practice has not lived up to the vision , but still believing that some day it might .
21 There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( UX No 39 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement .
22 Like the War powers Act , the budget reform act has not lived up to the expectations of those who crafted it .
23 The suggestion that hand posture during writing provides a ready indication has not lived up to its early promise .
24 At the most general level , we can say that the electorate has not lived up to the hopes of those who looked to an active and informed public involvement in policies and elections .
25 If Gazza is back in the Lazio team then he has potentially two more fixtures before England 's game against Norway and that provides us with an opportunity to take a look at him in competitive football , something he has not played in for nearly two years . ’
26 According to the Cambridge-based World Conservation Monitoring Centre , almost all of this oil has already been washed ashore or is in the shallows along 200km of Saudi coast ; it has not moved down to the southern Gulf , where most of the turtles and dugongs live .
27 They will certainly have the fullest support of my Department and the Government in that and I hope that they will have the fullest support of Opposition Members , too , although that has not come through in this debate .
28 There may also be more room for professional bodies to discipline those whose conduct has not come up to expected standards but where proving dishonesty in a court would be hard .
29 But Li Ka-shing , head of Cheung Kong , confirmed he is ‘ interested in some of Olympia 's assets , but has not come up with any solid plans ’ .
30 At times we may realise that we ‘ know ’ something in our mind that has not come about through reasoning .
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