Example sentences of "had not [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 2 | It 's a little surprising , then , that similar phenomena had not been recognized prior to 1902 , since they must have occurred on numerous occasions in the past . |
| 3 | Use made of these facilities has been minimal up to now , largely because the technology had not been made available to RBGE staff before 1990 , and scientific staff were not aware of the possibilities . |
| 4 | In that case no such presumption could exist : on the contrary where Parliament had provided that the decision of an inferior court was final and conclusive the High Court should not be astute to find that the inferior court 's decision on a question of law had not been made final and conclusive , thereby excluding the jurisdiction to review it . |
| 5 | He also confirmed that he had authorized US aid to Honduras in return for Honduran assistance to the contras , a quid pro quo arrangement first revealed during the trial of Oliver North [ see p. 36649 ] , but he claimed that the linkage within the arrangement had not been made explicit . |
| 6 | The reasons for the centre 's heed fur taxes like the prodnalog and many others had not been made clear to the villagers by the party cell . |
| 7 | Hundreds of callers jammed the BBC switchboard for more than an hour , complaining it had not been made clear it was make believe . |
| 8 | The Panel said that the conversations imparted material new information which had not been made public or could not be made public . |
| 9 | Some European governments which had not been consulted expressed considerable concern over the European security implications of a united Germany . |
| 10 | The arbitrator stated that the elderly couple in question had been sold an unsuitable product and had not been given adequate risk warnings . |
| 11 | Ukraine participated in a non-voting capacity , since its head of delegation had not been given plenary powers other than to sign agreements on co-operation in meteorology , environmental protection , and electricity production ( Ukraine did not in fact sign these agreements ) . |
| 12 | Chipenda had earlier resigned as election organizer for the MPLA [ see p. 38949 for his election to MPLA central committee and political bureau ] , saying that he had not been given sufficient funds for the campaign and citing a " lack of the necessary trust and openness " in the party . |
| 13 | The 22-year-old , in a coma since he was injured during the FA Cup semi-final at the Sheffield Wednesday ground on April 15 , 1989 , had not been given artificial help to survive since February 22 . |
| 14 | Since then she had deliberately avoided any involvement in man-woman affairs , so had not been held close in strong arms , not been kissed , had not made love . |
| 15 | He was clever , personable , and , she thought , probably loyal ( she had not been proved wrong ) . |
| 16 | In the Federal Court , Beaumont J. held that the Cabinet decision to nominate Stage 2 for listing was void since the owners of the mining rights had not been accorded natural justice before the decision to list the area . |
| 17 | Officers were last night trying to find her parents and discover why she had not been reported missing . |
| 18 | The body had not been identified as Stavanger 's — though , when I came to think of it , there was no reason why it should be , because he had not been reported missing . |
| 19 | On appealing to yet another committee , the 14 cases on which he had not been found guilty were resurrected and his dismissal confirmed . |
| 20 | It had been a very different story with the earlier sell-off of the hotels where the managers ' interest had not been shown proper respect . |
| 21 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 22 | Up to this time , Leith had not been considered suitable for some of the larger excursion steamers . |
| 23 | I joined the local ARP Services , and as my husband had not been considered fit for Navy service yet , he did too , unofficially of course . |
| 24 | At least Jaq and the others had n't been stripped naked . |
| 25 | If only my little brother had n't been born dead , she thought . |