Example sentences of "[noun] have not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument was on the semantics of how post-sixteen education is presently offered in Banbury , and whereas , of course , they had every right to use the opting out legislation as a governing body , it must be said that the possibility of success under those terms erm is somewhat untried , because of course legislation was specifically geared at Local Education Authorities that do not look after their schools , and thus schools are able to opt out of a badly run , inefficient Education Authority , and we 've seen that happen in many of the urban areas in the country , and indeed some schools have not opted for that . |
| 2 | Personal computer manufacturers have not waited for new standards but have begun to build CD-ROM drives into their products . |
| 3 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 4 | But in some counties the forest dwellers had not waited for these instructions . |
| 5 | Foinavon had not won for two seasons and was considered a plodder and a sketchy jumper — hardly the type for the rigours of the National . |
| 6 | On Saturday they travel to Ayr — where the Fifers have not won for 10 years — knowing that victory at Somerset Park would take them up if Dunfermline beat Kilmarnock at East End Park . |
| 7 | It was particularly offensive because Cliff had not spoken for ten days in order to rest his larynx and avoid surgery before a new tour . |
| 8 | In 1911 , the nation 's leading economic journal noted : " the money wages of seamen in many ports have not altered for twenty or thirty years . |
| 9 | The London masons complained in 1775 that their 50s ( £2.50 ) a week had not changed for seventy years . |
| 10 | However , the Colonel had not waited for this confirmation in writing and issued his certificate on 24 May , so the line opened on 26 May without ceremony , the company taking their pick of the 19 cars stored in Mitcham Road depôt . |
| 11 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 12 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 13 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 14 | Most of the members had not joined for political reasons but quite openly admitted the social attractions of the YCs . |
| 15 | Partly because of such difficulties the development of meaningful and quantifiable output measures has not occurred for many areas of departmental activity . |
| 16 | Aycock has not shown for some years and so fans of her precisely-crafted contraptions have a great treat in store when her show opens at John Weber on 13 February . |
| 17 | Wivenhoe have not won for eight games — included in that run is a 3–0 defeat at St. Albans . |
| 18 | Computer is sad that humans have not spoken for fifteen thousand years . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The English way has not altered for 30 years , ’ he says . |
| 20 | Although the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records has not existed for twenty-seven years we still receive mail in the Register House addressed to that official , as well as mail addressed to the wrong Keeper . |
| 21 | Since Picasso and Braque had not exhibited for some time , and since they had not taken part in the manifestations at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne , the public were not in a position to realize that their abstention deprived the Section d'Or of much of its meaning . |
| 22 | In the 16 years in which we have had our part of the legislation , we have applied for only 31 people to be tried in the Republic , of whom only 16 were convicted and the Irish Republic has not applied for any such cases at all . |
| 23 | The premiere had not called for any great celebration , even the soi-disant Louise Müller being in subdued spirits after her confession . |