Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Questions about the quality and price of commodities would seem to be natural applications for expert determination , but events have not borne out that assumption .
2 We have not given up that demand .
3 Doctors are keeping Tim on the life support machine for 24 hours to make sure the drugs have worked out of his system and have not ruled out all hope .
4 Detectives , who have not ruled out foul play , want to trace the driver of a dark-coloured car who may have spoken to the victim shortly before he was injured .
5 Since the height of the crisis in the early 1980s , living standards have risen again but many of those living on the margins have not made up lost ground .
6 Anecdotal evidence suggests that CATS have not sought out local-government co-operation : they have implemented little that would not in any case have occurred .
7 Now , he said , while small companies are able to take advantage of small but cheap schemes such as that operated by the IoD , there are also very few major companies that have not taken out this type of insurance .
8 The changes that have been taking place in Latin America and the economic growth that the region has experienced have not brought about any redistribution of income in favour of the low-income groups , the trend has been if anything slightly towards a greater polarisation of wealth .
9 The police have questioned Mr Probyne and say he 's been very helpful , but they have n't ruled out any line of inquiry :
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