Example sentences of "not [adv] been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not necessarily been a good thing in all ways , and there has certainly been a downside . |
| 2 | Ian , thanks ever so much , it 's not necessarily been an easy ride for you , but we 're glad to know you and we look forward to meeting you again . |
| 3 | Most four-day matches have not only been a better preparation for Test cricketers but have also produced generally more interesting cricket . |
| 4 | In times of hardship , as in the depression in the 1920 's and 30 's and rationing during the 1940 's and 50's , there has not always been a great choice of food . |
| 5 | This in turn raises a serious and subversive problem identified by Paul Gilroy : that ‘ the content of ’ antiracism ’ has not always been a direct response to the ideologies and practices of racism' ( Gilroy , 1987 , p. 114 ) . |
| 6 | For some years now , there has not surprisingly been a strong feeling among colleges and faculties and departments of art and design that a rational and nationally recognized structure for vocational courses is long overdue . |
| 7 | In Kandyan districts there had not previously been a specific class of headman assigned police duties . |
| 8 | As inflammatory bowel disease occurs with approximately equal frequency in the HIV seropositive and control populations , it must be assumed that primary sclerosing cholangitis may also , and a clear distinction between AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis would not then be possible ; this has not yet been a diagnostic problem . |
| 9 | And sometimes I wonder whether it has n't all been a complete waste of time . ’ |
| 10 | The reaction is a testimony to the female solidarity that the film celebrates and it has n't just been a regional popularity . |
| 11 | It had n't exactly been a poignant reunion . |
| 12 | If those primitive attitudes had n't also been the determining factor in my own fate I would have found it as ludicrous and pitiful as I do now . |
| 13 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 14 | Erm , has n't really been an unpleasant experience |
| 15 | ‘ It 's all right for you , ’ said Dolly , ‘ you ai n't never been a poor orphan girl . ’ |