Example sentences of "has [not/n't] been [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Even in a country like India , where there is skilled manpower , it has not been easy to install enough new factories to keep pace with growing demand .
2 It has not been easy to pull this programme together in the prevailing economic climate , but we hope you will find much to enjoy and help blow away those recessionary blues …
3 In the present study , it has not been possible to create equal size-classes of productivity values , for the purposes of preparing such rankings .
4 In the present study , it has not been possible to create equal size-classes of productivity values , for the purposes of preparing such rankings .
5 It has not been possible to take one building off this list in the intervening six years .
6 Unfortunately , it has not been possible to trace these sherds in the museum collection .
7 Felids produce the greatest amount of damage , so great that it has not been possible to obtain any bone samples large enough to quantify .
8 As described earlier , it has not been possible to measure this peak in the case of citations to Scottish geological theses , because of the small numbers of individual citations recorded , and because of the large spread of the citation period for these works .
9 In other pre-modern cultures , however , it has not been usual to give all this information .
10 Nina Miklin will be well known to many club members but anyone who has not been able to attend one of her talks will be pleased to hear they now have a chance to go to a choice of two workshops .
11 As far as the building itself is concerned , Hulten has not been able to exert much influence on a project conceived some seven years ago , but he professes to be satisfied with the structure , describing it as ‘ generous ’ .
12 Even Switzerland , for many the model for a future federal Europe , has not been able to avoid this trend .
13 The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information .
14 She has not been able to get any type of work since , despite applying for eight jobs a week .
15 As that percentage has dwindled , the Met has scrambled with great success after private money but even so has not been able to raise enough to take up the slack .
16 Local government has not been able to supply clean water from surface sources .
17 Hilda Jones , has n't been able to give much information about her attacker .
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