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

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1 This arrangement , which appears to have much to recommend it in professional terms as well as adding to the attraction of professional posts for recruiting purposes , has not been taken up on any scale by public libraries .
2 This question has not been taken up in any serious way .
3 The setting up , in 1991 , of the Ecole Nationale du Patrimoine , staffed mainly by art historians , has further demoted archaeological research ; the national plan for archaeology , which was to have been a blueprint for future research projects , has not yet received the promised funding of FFr17 million ( £1.7 million ; $2.9 million ) ; and their proposal that special forms of taxation be introduced to pay for urgent excavations ( with priority given to the most deserving cases ) has not been taken up .
4 Selby enjoy partially part part of their area enjoys assisted area status , part of it enjoys objective two status , it is an area where land is cheap , it is an area where there is a plentiful supply of labour , and yet the past allocation in the structure plan has not been taken up .
5 One thing that has not been taken up very thoroughly at this stage is the question of teaching of mathematics in primary schools , and this is a field that erm we decided at our last meeting that we must erm look into .
6 From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups .
7 Another point which has n't been taken up , despite us being invited to is why is the Greater York area the size that it is , and this is a point that the Senior Inspector raised , er in other towns and cities , I 'm thinking particularly of Exeter for example , the districts have looked at supplying their city based land supply problems on a journey to work area , now that area would be significantly greater than we 're looking at here , and it seems to me in this location er where we see a potential abundance of supply beyond the strict confines of the Greater York area is a very apposite question to ask , why is the Greater York area the area that it is ?
8 Faced with losses of £1,500,000 a week , chairman Nick Schele said the company would have closed by now if it had not been taken over by Ford .
9 Erm I think bro broadly , certainly by the time you 've got through to the later spring th th there is y yes I mean i in a sense there are sort of three areas if you like but , but very broadly the areas which had not been taken over yet i is very much a slower process of consolidation and then you wait for the next rule .
10 But the alarm was only raised 30 hours later when a hotelier phoned to ask why their reservations had not been taken up .
11 Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up .
12 The service also proved a modest success , and Branson began exploring the possibility of flying to Dublin , and to Miami , on a route which had not been taken up by a British carrier since the collapse of Laker .
13 Nor had the return invitations been much more successful : often , indeed , to Mrs Crump 's shame , the invitations simply had not been taken up and those for whom the very considerable expense had been laid out did not attend the ball .
14 Anyone considering a purchase from this company should make sure they get cast-iron guarantees concerning specification and after sales support or , like me and many others to my knowledge , they will wish that they had not been taken in by misleading advertising and had paid a little more money to an established British company .
15 Last year an inquest was told how a milkman became suspicious when he noticed milk had not been taken in from the doorstep of the house .
16 He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her .
17 That she had n't been taken in , was what he had said !
18 It is clear that , in the past , artists who work independently of the West End galleries have not been taken up in the same way as those under the big dealers .
19 Any shares which have not been taken up will go into a trust for new starters or to allow for people who are promoted to be allocated more shares .
20 Offers of screening by x rays or endoscopy have not been taken up and we can only await further events .
21 Studies previous to the Sadler/Spencer survey have concentrated , for the most part , on attitudes to domestic energy conservation , in an attempt to discover why programmes aimed at promoting conservation have not been taken up as widely as expected and hoped .
22 er Mr talked about the figures , I 'm convinced that the figures that , that I was given still include Perzon House I 'm convinced that those figures were not , have not been taken out erm I do n't know who should audit the figures , perhaps the internal audit should audit the figures .
23 But those who composed the Brezhnev doctrine have not been taken in by this line of thinking , at least not to date .
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