Example sentences of "have not [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , good reasons to believe that the Earth 's radius has not increased significantly during the past 500 Ma or so . |
| 2 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 3 | But the main reason why interviews prove ineffective is that the interviewer has not been properly trained and has not prepared thoroughly for the task . |
| 4 | Seaton has not grown much over the years due to lack of building land , though there are now new terrace-type cottages in the centre of the village . |
| 5 | Indeed , no accepted curriculum subject has not featured somewhere in the proposal documents . |
| 6 | The simple service has not altered basically over the years . |
| 7 | In the past , the use of these uplands for sheep and beef cattle rearing has not conflicted significantly with the need to retain habitats such as moorlands , hill grasslands , high altitude montane vegetation , enclosed pastures and hay meadows , wetlands and native woodlands , which form the basis of the nature conservation interest of the 9.68 million hectares of upland in the UK . |
| 8 | Formby-born tournament referee Alan Mills said : ‘ It was a difficult decision bearing in mind he has not played much in the last couple of months because of injury . |
| 9 | But despite being subject to the second wave of pan-European reform in psychiatry since the 1940s , France has not moved away from the asylums with any speed . |
| 10 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 11 | And although attendance during the rainy season was poor , the company 's projection of 11m visitors for the first year has not proved far from the mark . |
| 12 | So far this argument has not departed far from the ‘ radical social control ’ position outlined above . |
| 13 | The four claim the current administration has not responded adequately to the fast-moving demands of a modern-day sport . |
| 14 | The role of the scientific journal has not changed much in the 300 years since the first was published , although greater dependence is placed on it than ever before , according to Osburn[000] . |
| 15 | The role of the scientific journal has not changed much in the 300 years since the publication of the first such journal , although greater dependence is placed on it than ever before , according to Osburn . |
| 16 | The picture , measured by the statistics , has not changed significantly since the Budget a month ago , but consumers who had braced themselves for the biggest cut in living standards ever imposed at a single stroke suddenly find themselves spared . |
| 17 | The substance of building surveying has not changed appreciably over the years and while certain aspects of the more academic subjects of economics and law have been latterly introduced , they were there to prop up the whole discipline rather than to provide invaluable information . |
| 18 | On the desk and she has n't bothered probably with the cheque . |
| 19 | This geezer has n't got much in the way of skills , but he 's fairly popular with the fans . |
| 20 | Today apart from some obvious signs of 20th century living , this oucnilc house in Tadmarton has n't changed much on the outside . |
| 21 | He has n't come here for the Portrush air and must not be written off . ’ |
| 22 | The number of women representatives had not increased dramatically over the 50 years since women first gained the vote on equal terms with men . |
| 23 | In an intervention , the hon. Member for Hammersmith tried to suggest that housing association output had not increased greatly since the 1970s . |
| 24 | The left side of his heart had not grown properly in the womb . |
| 25 | The voters , in other words , had not moved solidly to the right , their position was one of ambivalence ; they had become deeply sceptical about the role of government and yet they still expected government to aid them as they tried to meet the pressing problems of modern life . |
| 26 | As yet he had not succumbed completely to the seductive prose of Pater and was reading the ‘ artificial but interesting Marius ’ side by side with Scott , Meredith , Hardy 's Jude , and Flaubert 's letters . |
| 27 | But that was because he had not attended sufficiently to the constitution of the club and its regulations as introduced by a legally elected committee . |
| 28 | She had not altered overmuch in the twelve months since she was covering cars with eggs and flour and ringing doorbells with her giggling friends . |
| 29 | They had not gone far before the leading vehicle halted at a metal pole stretched across the road , and the rest of the convoy bunched up behind . |
| 30 | Courier , who had not played well during the first two sets , said he received a pep talk from Agassi that really picked up his spirits . |