Example sentences of "[vb past] not been [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Whether an obviously biased intervention by a board member and the introduction of new material by an objector , which had not been previously intimated to the applicant amounted to breaches of natural justice was considered in Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd. v. City of Aberdeen District Licensing Board , 1987 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 2 .
2 It is consistent with Lord Alverstone C.J. 's remarks at p. 395 , cited above , that if she had not done so , i.e. , if the transaction had not been properly explained to her , the security would not have been enforceable .
3 She sued the plaintiff in battery , on the ground that she had not truly consented to the operation , as its effect had not been properly explained to her .
4 Some fresh-faced youth , who had not been properly introduced to the enemy , now had the nerve to try and take their place .
5 In this case , however , the defence failed because although the auctioneer had regularly made reference to the fact that he did not guarantee the mileage of any car , he had not made an oral disclaimer before accepting bids on the particular car in question and the disclaimer in the written conditions of the auction sale had not been sufficiently brought to the attention of the buyer .
6 And a working group on constitutional reform , established by the Supreme Soviet in late 1988 , began — at least in its reported meetings — to develop the notion of ‘ republican precedence ’ , by which the union republics should have full authority over all matters that had not been specifically transferred to the USSR government .
7 Many of the sheriffships were also heritable offices , which again conferred powers of private patronage upon their holders where this had not been specifically reserved to the Crown , and a great magnate who had inherited a small empire of such judicial rights had considerable powers of influence in his region , both from the offices themselves and the opportunities which they gave to oblige friends , and from the powers of the courts , for regalian jurisdiction was extended over the possessions of landowners who held their estates as the vassals of the magnate .
8 Up until this year it clearly had n't been fully put to the test although you are all aware of its success over recent years .
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