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

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1 The GPs ' database will have to differentiate between infants who have not been immunised and those not immunised by the GP .
2 The alleged swindle took the form of charging Wessex for computer services which had not been rendered and double charging for services which had been rendered by a multiplication of invoices and false entries .
3 Mr. Ashworth and Mr. McGregor none the less submit either that , so far as the English common law is concerned , Walker 's case is to be preferred to any inconsistent later decision in any other jurisdiction , or that , as an action by a child for damages for pre-natal injuries had not been recognised as valid in the English courts before 1976 — the enactment of the Act of 1976 — such an action could not now be allowed to develop and the English common law should be taken as being what the latest United Kingdom cases available might have indicated before 1976 .
4 Often , people who hesitate to come into the world of education — perhaps because English is not their first language , because education has not been highlighted as important in their households or because they missed an opportunity earlier in life — can come into adult education , not necessarily taking vocational courses in the first instance , but going on to take such courses , which provide them with the training and self-assurance they need .
5 They were the unfortunates who paid host to the YF annual convention three days of pillaging the like of which has not been seen since this lot last had droit de seigneur .
6 Prior to the 1830s , personal morality had not been seen as necessary for political eminence .
7 In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts .
8 Many observers believe that this outcome would not have happened if BA had not been privatised as such a dominant carrier in the UK , but others argue that this claim is irrelevant and that world competition is what matters ; BA and BCal were both relatively small on the world stage , but might have been able to compete effectively in a merged form .
9 In the machine 's heyday , the deficiency had not been regarded as crippling .
10 The exact location of the four day meeting has not been announced although most of the talks are expected to take place here in Washington .
11 The passenger death toll had not been finalized as young children did not need to be registered .
12 Unless you are certain that the statute has not been amended since that date , take the cumulative supplement , which is arranged in the same way as the main work .
13 If this is not done then the full range of triceps movement has not been achieved and full contraction will not be carried out , thus inhibiting development .
14 She had escaped education until she was fourteen , and her subsequent career had not been structured or sensible .
15 Last but not least the two Gary 's in midfield have been brilliant — Mac looking assured and displaying his talents for all to see — he has really blossomed when Strach 's not been playing and Speedy has scored some important goals and displayed his prowess at getting forward .
16 There have been no acceptable records since 1940 which have not been considered as most likely to have escaped from collections .
17 That I got in — which had not been expected since this was a staunchly Conservative area — was due to two reasons .
18 The most popular legend concerning true cheesemaking is that of a herdsman who put fresh milk into an animal 's stomach pouch that had not been cleaned and sterilised and discovered that the action of the remaining rennet reacted with the milk to form a sweet cheese , as opposed to the known acid variety .
19 Mistakes on an earlier installation had not been spotted and old and new bolts were mismatched .
20 Stirling had not been told that such a unit was operating in the target area , despite the fact that its presence might stir up the enemy .
21 They had not realized that Dr Dunstaple had the support of the Royal College of Physicians … and felt distinctly aggrieved that they had not been told that such an august body disagreed with their own man .
22 The inside door was chained , bolted and locked and had not been opened since old Mr Stott , the caretaker , had been buried with the key .
23 The court refused to issue an order of mandamus on the ground that it had not been established that such a blanket directive had been issued and that it was within his rights to deploy his forces as he wished .
24 After five years he held a Council first at Pavia then at Siena , but it was so poorly attended it has not been counted as ecumenical .
25 The House of Commons is elected from over 600 constituencies ( an exact number has not been quoted as regular constituency boundary changes alter it ) , each of which returns the person with a simple majority of votes at each election .
26 In the result I have not been persuaded that any doubt has been cast upon principles which are soundly directed as being both desirable and reasonable and which furthermore have for long been firmly established by authority .
27 If , on the other hand the conscience demands the rejection of a proposed action which has been incorporated into the Created God , and which has not been classified as evil , and is therefore acceptable behaviour , then that is the effect of a guilt complex .
28 Although such charge comes to an end by termination of the marriage following the decree absolute , the charge has probably not been cancelled and this should be done at HM Land Charges Registry ( Form K13 fee £1 ) or at HM Land Registry ( Form 202 accompanied by a certified copy of the decree absoluteno fee Land Registration Fees Order 1992 , Sched 4 , Pt II , para ( 9 ) ) .
29 Health statistics for the area have not been published since atomic tests began in 1966 .
30 In a two-stage plan ratified in August , first those who had not been tried and next all those who were serving prison sentences were dealt with .
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