Example sentences of "there have n't been [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The need for development has to be established and so erm I refute the fact totally that there has n't been pressure for development in the countryside , that 's certainly not the case .
2 There has n't been time , ’ she said .
3 ‘ I have written to Joe about it , ’ Maureen said , ‘ but there has n't been time for a reply yet . ’
4 There has n't been duty on books since 1860 , when it was seen as a tax on knowledge .
5 There has n't been duty on books for more than a hundred and thirty years , in 1860 it was seen as a tax on knowledge and abolished .
6 Oh I I would be it would be nonsense to say that there has n't been failings of the system , sometimes through the carelessness of an officer , sometimes , certainly in the initial stage , because of their lack of awareness of the er provisions of the act .
7 It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’
8 It 's been very gratifying to win these last two trophies — yet disappointing that there has n't been improvement in the general standard of our girls ’ tennis afterwards . ’
9 There had n't been time , on Heaven , for the two women to get to know each other .
10 There had n't been time to get Maxim 's name on the usual notice of forthcoming visitors to the embassy ; she had been signalled by the Security Service who shared the Steering Committee 's deep distrust of the visit and wanted her to debrief him after his meeting .
11 There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided .
12 She meant to explain that there had n't been room in their cases but before she could speak Miss Evans turned bright red and said quickly , ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , how silly of me , why should you ?
13 Not that there have n't been mornings when he 'd rather have stayed in bed .
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