Example sentences of "not been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A representative of the 15-member Commonwealth observer group said that the elections had been free and fair , although the process had not been without incident and there were imperfections in the electoral lists . |
| 2 | These initiatives , however , have not been without criticism . |
| 3 | However , the renaming of revered academically institutions has not been without problems . |
| 4 | Such developments , however , have not been without problems . |
| 5 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 6 | The anti-papal propaganda of the preceding twenty years had not been without effect , but more importantly there remained considerable anxiety about the new queen 's plans for the vast amount of ecclesiastical land which had been acquired by the laity . |
| 7 | The steady flow of investment and acquisitions , supported by an £88m rights issue 12 months ago , have not been without hiccups , however . |
| 8 | Maybe , as William strongly suspected , this first communion between the rat and the marmot had not been without violence and rattus rattus , being the little fucker he was , had savagely copulated with the small , pretty , squirrel-like creature — and then torn her throat out . |
| 9 | Fuchs 's career as a museum director has not been without controversy . |
| 10 | However , this service has not been without delays and mishaps and early in the season Regional Railways had no stock for it , an InterCity rake with buffet + DVT was substituted but the DVT came off at Salop ! |
| 11 | The resurrection has not been without pain , however . |
| 12 | It 's not been without pain and I pay tribute to our staff 's willingness to embrace the changes that we 've had to make . |
| 13 | A correspondent from the Financial Times reported after a visit to Battambang on Jan. 24 that the city " is not , and has not been under siege " . |
| 14 | It must have been clear to the Prussian government that if it had not been for government subsidy the Junker estates would have collapsed under their own weight long ago , but they were nevertheless incapable of striking at what they saw to be the basis and guarantor of their state and society . |
| 15 | ‘ If it had not been for Tracy , I would not be a professional footballer any more . |
| 16 | If it had not been for Elizabeth taking her in off the streets and giving her a home , then Tilly 's own life would have been empty . |
| 17 | Had it not been for Goleniewski 's information , which the court could not be told about , Blake would never have been caught and because Goleniewski could not have given evidence without Blake 's confession he could not have been brought to trial . |
| 18 | Had it not been for anti-depressant drugs and psychitaric help , he says he could easily have taken his own life . |
| 19 | Had it not been for Helmut 's wealth and his travels , we should not have had anything like the variety of food Mme Guérigny put on her table . |
| 20 | Although the Church was slow off the mark following the population migration and concentration in the expanding towns during the Industrial Revolution , failure has not been for want of trying . |
| 21 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 22 | Had it not been for Unish and Belig and a few others , we would be there still . |
| 23 | If it had not been for Adam 's quick eyes we might never have seen anything amiss . |
| 24 | Even his magnum opus , Perestroika , written in the summer of 1987 , contained the amazing notion in its first edition that ‘ if it had not been for collectivisation , we could have died from hunger in the war ’ . |
| 25 | But the project could have been lost to overseas had it not been for grant aid from the Welsh Office . |
| 26 | ‘ So , all in all , last year , I was quite ready to liquidate some of my American assets , and I would have done so , had it not been for Edouard . ’ |
| 27 | Roosevelt might nevertheless have got his way in 1943 , had it not been for developments inside France . |
| 28 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 29 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 30 | If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness . |