Example sentences of "not been [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yet the large majority of our teenagers said they had not been taught the practical realities of avoiding AIDS until they were at least 15 .
2 In 1912 Eleanor Barton , a spokeswoman for the WCG ( albeit herself middle class ) , voiced the opinion that ‘ women suffer a great deal through their husbands ’ sensuality , and that is more evident amongst working people than other classes , simply because the conditions of life lend themselves to that sort of thing , and they have not been taught the proper uses of their bodies ' .
3 Although clearance under s138 is advisable , it is not essential to the operation of s135 , though some tax inspectors seem to assume that where clearance has not been obtained the anti-avoidance provision in s137 will automatically apply to deny capital gains tax deferral .
4 Certainly , this has not been yielding the same profits as four years ago , but the Japanese are not entirely absent from the sale rooms nonetheless , even though more often in order to sell than to buy .
5 In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland .
6 Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer .
7 Unmet need was said to exist where there was a care option which had not been given a recent trial and had not been recently refused by the client .
8 Broadly , the survey confirmed that parents of children with special needs had not been given a real choice of placement , and that they had to fight hard for mainstream provision if this was their choice .
9 ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’
10 New Zealand Test star Iro has not been given a new contract by Manly and was offered back to Wigan last week .
11 He 's not been given a legal decision , he 's passed an opinion , saying oh , this , this woman , was , you know , encouraging the man , and things like that , and that 's what gets people 's backs up , I think .
12 This fish has not been given a common name and is usually referred to as the ‘ sebae ’ .
13 He accepts that he can not make a categorical statement about innocence or guilt , but he feels that his constituent has not been given a fair hearing .
14 Handicapped people were simply those who had not been given the right tool kit .
15 John Hill 's son says he 's not been given the full facts about what went wrong .
16 Er but er they 've not been studied a great deal by
17 If one of them had not been riding a white horse I would never have noticed them .
18 In small intestinal mucosa homogenates from patients who had not been treated the increased basal adenylate cyclase activity , reported also by others .
19 If a separate confidentiality agreement has not been signed an appropriate undertaking can be embodied in the heads .
20 ‘ I am sad we have not been afforded the same welcome given to the Beirut hostages , ’ he told a deeply moved audience at the AGM last month .
21 Myeloski knew that Duncan had not been told the whole truth .
22 But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum .
23 Even when they have not been beating a religious drum , Western historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as if it were an exclusively Western phenomenon .
24 A smaller table was beside the desk with a high-backed typewriter , the sign of a junior executive who has not been allocated a personal secretary and must write his own memoranda .
25 The jubilant Knox wrote about her death in terms which make it clear why charity has not been thought a notable feature of Scottish Calvinism .
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