Example sentences of "have not [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from losing my cool with Vinnie Dirkin in the Deptford Arms — which I think you 'll agree is excusable — I have not hit back . |
| 2 | Questions about the quality and price of commodities would seem to be natural applications for expert determination , but events have not borne out that assumption . |
| 3 | This could either indicate that online services are failing to be useful , which is doubtful given the significant use that planners make of them , or that the online services have not lived up to the planners ' expectations . |
| 4 | Indeed I have often chided myself with the realization that I have not lived up to the standards that they set . |
| 5 | Malone 's buys this summer looked like good ones but they have not lived up to expectations . |
| 6 | However , especially at primary level , salaries remain low , and pay rises have not kept up with inflation . |
| 7 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 8 | It asserted that ‘ the structure and practices of the Service have not kept up with the changing tasks ’ and found six major faults . |
| 9 | I can not imagine why yours have started so quickly , unless they are older than they look — they may have been kept in conditions where they have not grown on , due to overcrowding , or because they have been left with their parents for too long . |
| 10 | Children have not grown out of behaviours which were acceptable when they were much younger . |
| 11 | Foreign houses have not built up American ‘ distribution ’ — ie , strong links with big investors . |
| 12 | The crowds have not spat out his name with quite the virulence they showed for Mr Milos Jakes and Mr Miroslav Stepan , the Prague party supremo , in their last days , but there has always been an underlying , almost universal contempt . |
| 13 | I have not woken them at dawn with my racket , I have not drawn on the wall in felt-tip , I have not hugged Wally the cat round the neck , I have not spat out my liver and spinach , put worms in the watering can , cacked my pants , made brown finger paintings on the wall … |
| 14 | Although on a straightforward vote the smaller associate members of the ICC hold 20 votes compared to the two each held by the nine Test nations , England have not given up hope completely . |
| 15 | United have not given up hope of signing the England international despite having a formally faxed £3.5 million offer for the striker thrown in the bin by Sheffield Wednesday last Friday , after a verbal offer had been refused the previous week . |
| 16 | IPSWICH Witches have not given up hope of 23-year-old Pole Miroslaw Kowalik riding in tomorrow 's Star of Anglia meeting at Foxhall Stadium ( writes Elvin King ) . |
| 17 | Lord Owen and his new UN colleague , Thorvald Stoltenberg , Norway 's former foreign minister , have not given up hope for the Vance-Owen peace plan . |
| 18 | Although the buoyant Lewis camp have not given up hope of staging the Holyfield fight here , they estimate that it would cost them a massive £17.5m purse to do it . |
| 19 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 20 | We have not given up that demand . |
| 21 | This also has the advantage of allowing you to add material which you have remembered but have not written down . |
| 22 | DO N'T DIG ON ! if you have not sifted out this strange village yet . |
| 23 | ‘ However , they have not ruled out the possibility of fish farms on streams that drain into the lake , which could be harmful if their waste enters the lough waters . |
| 24 | A BBC spokesman said last night : ‘ We have not ruled out entirely a possible adaption , but there are a number of unresolved factors . ’ |
| 25 | While the official party line remains that the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech that did not contain a commitment to introduce proportional representation at Westminster , party strategists have not ruled out the option of abstaining . |
| 26 | ‘ We have not ruled out the possibility she was struck in the face with a weapon . ’ |
| 27 | Detectives , who have not ruled out foul play , want to trace the driver of a dark-coloured car who may have spoken to the victim shortly before he was injured . |
| 28 | Even high street chains like Hennes who have consistently used the top models since 1989 have not ruled out the possibility of change . |
| 29 | ‘ And I have not ruled out being available for possible British Lions selection . |
| 30 | But they have not ruled out all imaginable uses of nuclear weapons ( O'Brien , 1967 , p. 87 ; Johnson , 1984 , pp. 80–2 and 148 ) . |