Example sentences of "not been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As yet , however , there has not been a corresponding overhaul and harmonisation of the member countries ’ legal systems .
2 Not been a boring day really .
3 There has not been a total severance with education , however , as the trust still allocates money to young people of the parish for further and higher education .
4 It had not been a serious proposition .
5 And Blumler found that ‘ Parliamentary television in the regions has not been a mere mirror or pale shadow of national television .
6 Yet ‘ the labouring poor ’ had not been a mere assembly of disparate groups .
7 The economic significance of capital maintenance in the balance sheets of public sector organizations has not been a major concern of accountants in the past .
8 A third factor is that there has not been a major epidemic in Britain for 20 years .
9 Thompson 's career — the Daley record 1976 Olympic Games ( Montreal ) 18th 1977 European Juniors , 1st 1978 Commonwealth Games ( Edmonton ) lst European Championships ( Prague ) 2nd 1980 Olympic Games ( Moscow ) 1st World record ( Gotzis ) 8,648 pts 1982 World record ( Gotzis ) 8,730 pts European Championships ( Athens ) lst World record 8,774 Commonwealth Games , Brisbane , lst 1983 World Championships ( Helsinki ) lst 1984 Olympic Games ( Los Angeles ) lst World record 8,847 1986 Commonwealth Games ( Edinburgh ) lst European Championships ( Stuttgart ) lst 1987 World Championships ( Rome ) 9th 1988 Olympic Games ( Seoul ) 4th It has not been a good year for the class of ‘ 76 .
10 ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’
11 It had not been a good day for liberal ideals .
12 It had not been a good day for the Magistrate .
13 Today has not been a good day .
14 No you 've not been a good boy ?
15 A ‘ mixed economy of care ’ , with care being provided on similar terms by public and independent sectors , is not particularly new to local authorities , although the contracting of care from multiple organizations has not been a key policy in the past , more an ad hoc response to specific local problems .
16 It had not been a pleasant summer .
17 Given these considerations , there has not been a managerial revolution .
18 For it is quite clear that despite innovative legislation , the proliferation of enforcement agencies , the relatively new use of imprisonment for corporate offenders , and absolutely ( but not relatively ) large fines for offending corporations , there has not been a substantial brake on corporate crime .
19 The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay .
20 Patrick had not been a demonstrative man .
21 The killing had not been a rational act ; when he did it , Alex Household had been mentally ill .
22 But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven .
23 Who knows how long that fly might have lived if there had not been a battered ruler lying to hand .
24 Clearly it has not been a typical day , even for 5 Airborne Brigade ; yet such operations have taken place seventy-three times since the Second World War .
25 Well I can tell you , sir , that is incorrect , there has not been a cursory look at sites as Mr Frost has already underlined .
26 Do I discern that skating has not been a frequent pleasure in these parts ? ’
27 Prince Charles has not been a frequent visitor to the province .
28 Its A-minus rating has been put on probation , out of fear of ballooning deficits ; it might indeed have met sterner treatment had 1989 not been a mayoral election year .
29 But not all of these have been discovered at the 1:50000 scale , and there has not been a systematic ley hunt over all 204 sheets .
30 He had been out and was coming in , although the way he walked suggested that going out had not been a great success , and that not much awaited him at home .
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