Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A somewhat more complex issue that has not received adequate attention in Britain is the meaning of the word ‘ profit ’ in the context of trusts , and some of the ideas being discussed resemble the strategies that have caused the Internal Revenue Service to question the tax exempt status of some American not for profit hospitals . |
2 | The relationship between the socio-economic character of a local authority ( L.A. ) and its expenditure on education is a crucial issue but it has not received adequate research attention . |
3 | Darlington Council , for example , has not received any hardship applications from small businesses since the introduction of the UBR . |
4 | Paul Hunter , who runs a coach company which ferries schoolchildren to and from sports grounds , claims he has not received any money from the council for the service in recent months . |
5 | By the way , I hope this might be considered for the ‘ Star Letter ’ as I find distribution to my local newsagent leaves a lot to be desired — if the distributor has not received enough copies , he does n't get any ! |
6 | Surprisingly , the Heisenberg programme , designed to keep the best researchers within the university system until jobs for them became vacant , has not received enough applicants . |
7 | * Evidence is growing that BSE may be transmitted through the generations , after a third cow which has not received contaminated feed has been placed under a restriction order on the grounds of suspected infection . |
8 | By contrast , LIFFE has not received comparable backing , either moral or financial , from UK banks or the UK government . |
9 | Finally , one area which has not received full justice in our coverage is the extensive empirical tradition of examining industries case by case to develop views on efficiency . |
10 | I am delighted that my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire , South-West ( Mr. Madel ) mentioned an important issue which has not received satisfactory answers in Committee , nor is likely to , in what will remain of the Report stage after the guillotine . |
11 | Nor do we know , because the Post Office has not adopted budgetary accounting , how these ‘ actual ’ results compare with its budget . |
12 | A non-graduate , or a graduate ( Law or otherwise ) who has not obtained full exemption because he lacks one or more of the ‘ core ’ subjects in his degree , is required to take the new Common Professional Examination before the Final ; and this again needs a year 's attendance at a law school . |
13 | It has not inherited this behaviour ; it has either worked it out for itself , or learned it by observing another chimpanzee . |
14 | Recent literature has not dated these classics — an indication of a lack of its ability to transcend them . |
15 | The mandatory penalty of life imprisonment for murder makes issues of relative culpability non-justiciable at present , since the length of imprisonment is ‘ determined or partly determined behind the scenes by someone who has not heard any representations by or on behalf of the prisoner on grounds which the prisoner does not know ’ . |
16 | If he is a friend , he has not communicated that fact to any member of the inspectorate . |
17 | He said that the Commission ‘ has not wavered one iota ’ in its determination to ensure competition . |
18 | A post mortum examination has not revealed any sign of injury to the baby . |
19 | Therefore the resulting extra money in their portfolios has not involved any increase in wealth . |
20 | It is remarkable that this sexist labelling has continued as long as it has , even though most of the research on differences attributable to sex has not supported these labels . |
21 | If there is a muddle , it is because the end of the cold war has not stripped western countries of their other interests in Africa , notably economic ones . |
22 | Campaigners claim that the company has not examined other approaches , such as water conservation and the cleaning of existing reservoirs . |
23 | The Tivoli initiative has not gotten any kind of endorsement from any of the COSE group . |
24 | The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use . |
25 | Voluntary services , however , may sometimes be mobilised for people whose distress has not reached pathological proportions . |
26 | Although , to be honest , we have to admit that the performance of the licensed cab has not reached light speed yet . |
27 | This is not to say that the USSR has not sought political dividends from economic ties . |
28 | They moved to Dallas , and Graham has so immersed himself in the American way of life that I am surprised he has not sought American citizenship . |
29 | The existence of the Selby Coalfield has not precluded substantial development within Selby itself . |
30 | Well , so nothing , if the novel you have written is a good one and if nothing that you have done in the way of title , type of story , original laying-out of the situation has not broken that contract with the reader which says , " This will be a crime novel , it will entertain you first of all though it may cause you a little to think " . |