Example sentences of "not [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both establishments had open fronts so that conditions for employees could not have been pleasant during the winter months . |
| 2 | They watched a woman , who could not have been long in this country , testing a mango for ripeness : she felt it all over with her thumb , not looking at it , concentrated , unsmiling , until the stall holder , ever-vigilant , caught sight of her . |
| 3 | It can not have been long , however , before the painting began to undergo a series of striking changes . |
| 4 | Yet he could not have been long in the water . |
| 5 | Once again , because the needs of each group in the departments varied considerably it would not have been cost-effective to consider a general global use of DIP systems . |
| 6 | However , post-war , the rise in divorce rates and remarriage , peaking in the 1970s , means that we shall in future meet more old people whose relationships may not have been lifelong . |
| 7 | It would not have been necessary otherwise to insert an advertisement like this in the New Yorker : |
| 8 | A few weeks later , the exportation of Jews from Minden in Westphalia provoked reported mixed reactions from the local population , ranging from sympathy for the Jews to outrightly nazified comments thanking the Führer for freeing the people of the plague of Jewish blood , claiming that had it been done half a century earlier the First World War would not have been necessary , and including rumours that the Führer wanted to hear by 15 January 1942 that there were no more Jews in Germany . |
| 9 | In earlier days , even that formality might not have been necessary for a contract . |
| 10 | Had that been so , it would not have been necessary for his contract to include a statement that , ‘ the Company will bear the entire cost of servicing , repairing , maintaining , taxing and insuring the said motor car ’ . |
| 11 | But it may all not have been necessary . |
| 12 | Information on varieties of stone was given in the duplicated project booklet which the children received at the start of their work , but with some children this would not have been necessary had the school library resource centre contained suitable information in an easily discovered form . |
| 13 | The phrase ‘ surgical , medical or dental treatment ’ is evidently used in a fairly narrow sense : otherwise it would not have been necessary for Parliament to provide , by section 8(2) , that the expression includes diagnostic procedures , and ancillary procedures such as the administration of an anaesthetic . |
| 14 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 15 | no , the brochure would not necessary have been out of date , it depended when the first occupation was , if er the first occupation was in July or August it may not have been necessary to update the brochure on Sept on the first of September |
| 16 | It is consistent with Lord Alverstone C.J. 's remarks at p. 395 , cited above , that if she had not done so , i.e. , if the transaction had not been properly explained to her , the security would not have been enforceable . |
| 17 | Though the prestige of Aldfrith 's descent from the Uí Néill will not have been negligible , he was born out of wedlock and there must have been many legitimate sons of other Northumbrian lords who claimed descent from Ida . |
| 18 | His defence was , therefore , that on the facts as he reasonably believed them to be , his use of force would not have been unlawful , and he was entitled to be acquitted according to the ordinary principles governing criminal liability . |
| 19 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
| 20 | The electoral unpopularity of Tariff Reform might not have been decisive in defeating Chamberlain 's programme had it not been for the fact that the most powerful sections of Britain 's business élite — and in particular the bankers of the City of London — agreed with the voters . |
| 21 | Lear 's death may not have been devastating , but I was sorry to see him go . |
| 22 | This decision may or may not have been correct , but it was understandable . |
| 23 | ‘ Bearing in mind that the essence of the proceedings is whether or not this lady had to give up these premises , it seems to me that , although he may not have been correct in thinking that the relief sought in the counterclaim was a matter for judicial review , the issue could without doubt be better dealt with by separate proceedings . |
| 24 | Because the US was sacrificing blood and treasure to assure peace and stability in the Far East , the maintenance of which after the war would be largely a US responsibility , it would not have been unreasonable ‘ to insist that the French give adequate assurances as to the implementing of policies in Indo-China which we consider essential to assure peace and stability in the Far East ’ . |
| 25 | The interval between her leaving Edgcote and meeting Freemantle can not have been great , a matter of months at most , unless Leapor 's depression was vastly disproportionate to the space in which she describes it . |
| 26 | His talents may not have been great but his importance lies in his using them all to express in painting his romantic vision . |
| 27 | The rental of such an office could not have been great , but it was little things which often had a quite disproportionate impact upon burgh councillors , for such a move would give tangible proof that the party which could arrange it had the ear of government and could thus effect other , and perhaps more far-reaching , changes . |
| 28 | Yields of 1:1 can not have been normal — or we should be dealing with a sub-subsistence economy ! |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Jules could not have been serious in his suggestion that she might for one single instant consider becoming Monsieur 's mistress . |
| 30 | Lord Weir told McCormack : ‘ It is only due to the fact a young boy saw what you did and , with some little risk to himself , removed the trolleys that an accident which might or might not have been serious , was avoided . ’ |