Example sentences of "have not been [det] " in BNC.

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1 International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation .
2 There have not been many examples of large companies breaking themselves up voluntarily .
3 Only five naked-eye novæ have appeared during the last twenty years , and there have not been many more within binocular range .
4 But there have not been many games with such drama as we saw here today .
5 I have looked at quite a few , but there have not been any which have struck me as being ‘ the one ’ .
6 So far as I know , however , there have not been any comprehensive studies of the rise and fall of various economic groups in more recent times , nor has there been an attempt to provide , on a broad scale , an economic interpretation of political events in the twentieth century , although there are of course many elements of such an interpretation in recent Marxist debates about modes of production , in the analyses of development and underdevelopment , and in the theories of industrial and post-industrial societies .
7 Indeed , as far as I am aware , there have not been any previous accidents of this nature within the tunnel .
8 However , there have not been any reports of point mutations in the remaining FMS allele in patients with a 5q deletion .
9 ‘ To be honest , we have not been any busier this year but the accident toll has been higher than in previous times . ’
10 But to imply , in however tentative a way , that there have not been some fundamental changes in the English experience of Ireland since Spenser 's day , helps on the one hand to re-energise the Renaissance texts by demonstrating their continuing cultural negotiations , but also curiously helps to valorise Spenser 's perspective .
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