Example sentences of "[noun sg] has not been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The workers ' faith has not been repaid this week — in a region which had escaped many of the severe job cuts which had hit other cities .
2 The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud …
3 The first practice game for Brian Horton as manchester city manager was in the back garden of his woodstock home with twins matthew and lucy … some United fans are glad to see him go … sadly his passion for good football … his achievement of keeping a small club alfoat with little or no money has n't been given enough credit … he did the club proud …
4 Our intention has not been to present any firm typology so much as to indicate the possibilities for variations in visionary style , and to map out some important dimensions of visionary leadership .
5 The plaintiff will still have to make the necessary amendments to his statement of claim and , if he has left it this late to do so , may well find himself in difficulty over costs if the action has to be stood out or adjourned because the defendant has not been given adequate notice .
6 ‘ My own department has not been standing still .
7 The law has not been standing still since Jorden v. Money .
8 ‘ That lady has n't been reported missing , and she is definitely fully adult .
9 On the hearing of the petition , the court may : ( i ) make a bankruptcy order ; or ( ii ) make a bankruptcy order and issue a certificate for the summary administration of the bankrupt 's estate ( where the total debts do not exceed the " small bankruptcies level " , currently £20,000 , and the bankrupt has not been adjudicated bankrupt before in the last five years nor has he entered into any composition with his creditors or scheme of arrangement ) ( s 275 ) ; ( iii ) make a bankruptcy order and appoint the former supervisor of a voluntary arrangement as trustee provided that notice of the supervisor 's intention to seek appointment as a trustee was given in the petition and to the creditors ; ( iv ) appoint an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report under s 273 .
10 Indeed , the committee submits that ‘ throughout our aim has not been to advance any particular viewpoint , but simply to identify the relevant facts .
11 In Nevanas ( SV ) & Co Ltd v Walker & Foreman [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 413 Sargant J said " The covenant has not been held bad because it might work unreasonably in certain exceptional circumstances not within its main and principal purpose and meaning " .
12 On the hearing of a debtor 's petition , the court must not make a bankruptcy order where the total of the debtor 's debts would be less than the " small bankruptcies level " , currently £20,000 , the minimum value of the debtor 's assets would be equal to or more than the " minimum amount " , currently £2,000 , the debtor has not been adjudicated bankrupt nor entered into any composition with his creditors or scheme of arrangement within the last five years and it would be appropriate to appoint an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report ( s 273 ) .
13 The man has not been reported missing , his office does not seem to be particularly worried about him , nor does his daughter . "
14 Despite the decline in its popularity , homoeopathy has not been standing still for the entire twentieth century .
15 ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands .
16 Despite extensive research , the exact prevalence of hyperlipidaemia has not been determined due to methodological differences .
17 Being highly centralized , the British system has not been to have powerful centres outside London from which groups of services can be conducted for that area , but to administer each of the important functions of government from Whitehall for the whole of the country .
18 The current exercise has been no exception and the task has not been made any easier by the current level of economic uncertainty and its implications for the future size and structure of employment and unemployment at the end of the plan period .
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