Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [not/n't] [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The abolition of those taxes has not done the average family any good , has it , or those at Lloyd 's ?
2 The Greens/Alliance 90 won representation in every Land except Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania where the two parties had not presented a joint list .
3 The regenerative cars had not shown the expected economies and indeed they were responsible for excessive current consumption .
4 ‘ Middlesbrough fans have not seen the best of me because of the nightmare run of injuries .
5 Payton is conscious of the fact fans have not seen the best of him since his debut injury against Bristol City in November .
6 The National Curriculum subjects will therefore have to be given priority for resources , especially where schools have not offered the full curriculum to all pupils , or in primary schools which may have done little science and technology .
7 However , a failure to agree a price will often be strong evidence that the parties have not reached a binding agreement ( see , eg Courtney and Fairbairn Ltd v Tolaini Bros ( Hotels ) Ltd [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 297 ) .
8 Studies like this explain why manufacturers have not started a slanging match .
9 ‘ But younger drivers have n't experienced a Labour government .
10 The keen youngsters had not won a single game since the season started in September .
11 But at the end of a very long , very hard life , he was still able to smile enthusiastically into his son 's lens and show that his experiences had n't got the better of him .
12 But , but , but once , once the , the stories get around that the communists have not created a strong enough military base to guarantee that land reform will hold
13 At the same time it should be pointed out that other initiatives along similar lines have not had the same degree of success , and that the question of initial input must be crucial .
14 ‘ The workers have not followed the proper dispute procedures , they have no legitimate grievances and it is difficult to know what they want . ’
15 Whilst it has been made clear that in this group both men and women assume caring roles , feminists have rightly pointed out that some of the dilemmas and problems are worse for women , not least because social conventions have not ascribed the same significance to employment for women as for men .
16 Anyway , Colonel Blair , I 'm going to trust you — never say that banks have n't got a social conscience towards the whole community !
17 This was embodied in the Brussels Code of 1874 and the Regulations of the 1907 Hague Convention in the general rule that ‘ Belligerents have not got an unlimited right as to the choice of means of injuring the enemy ’ .
18 Technical difficulties have not encouraged the widespread analysis of the composition of metal artefacts .
19 Sir Antony commented : ‘ The fact that these actions have not prevented the substantial fall in profitability over the same period is a reflection of the length and severity of the recession . ’
20 It is clear , the Revenue says , that the arrangements have not produced the anticipated benefits either in resource costs or customer service .
21 As indicated above , banks and financial institutions in most LDCs have not reached the same stage of development as those in the industrially advanced countries .
22 The fact that his team is full of professionals has not worried the Internal Revenue Service , though there is some sensitivity about just how close to the wind the foundation sails .
23 Obviously a few spare fivers had not found the right pocket .
24 Esler Dening commented that he had always suspected that the Americans had not appreciated the full significance of what they had taken on in Korea ; it appeared that they were unwilling to accept the consequences of being located in an area of Soviet predominance and it would be regrettable in its implications elsewhere if the United States retreated .
25 However , Soviet leaders have not shared the Vietnamese interest in a de facto Indo-China federation under Vietnamese control .
26 Obviously this session would not have been possible if the pupils had not spent the preceding ten weeks on a common project where they were fully occupied in collaborative work .
27 As intelligence tests had not superseded the older attainments tests , so school records did not supersede the test battery .
28 The problem with recent miscarriages of justice has been that the police have not done a thorough enough job .
29 ‘ It is difficult to justify when you think of that British officer who was convicted for refusing to obey orders to take part in the assault on Le Havre because his superiors had not allowed the German commander to evacuate the French civilians first , ’ said David .
30 Phillips too deep but Hills has n't got an easy ride here and in fact he 's given away a corner it 's good pressure .
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