Example sentences of "have not been [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British front in this battle has not been one of the easiest . |
| 2 | ‘ We now know that BSE exists on the Continent and there has not been one case in a Welsh herd . ’ |
| 3 | It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’ |
| 4 | But 1992 has not been one of his better years with only ten winners so far . |
| 5 | The 1991 summer has not been one of the best for tourism in mid Wales and this has been reflected in the passenger loadings over the BR system and , once September came in , things turned particularly quiet with the local line stated to be absolutely dead . |
| 6 | It used to be thought that the Revolution assured regular Parliaments , and it is certainly true that since 1689 there has not been one year without the meeting of Parliament . |
| 7 | During the same period , there has not been one prosecution for corruption , although it is no secret that the economy is dominated by powerful politicians with access to cheap state funds , import licences and influence . |
| 8 | The Sun has not been one of the newspapers which has in any way suggested that either the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh have been other than supportive to the Princess of Wales . ’ |
| 9 | As any mother will tell you , it has n't been one jot less exhausting and emotionally draining to live with a morose , depressed , melodramatic , self-obsessed exam-taker this year than any other year . |
| 10 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 11 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 12 | . There has n't been one game we 've been there that he has n't or both of them have n't . |
| 13 | She has n't been one of the harvesters , she 's been but a gleaner , but God has provided for her . |
| 14 | He had not been one of the late Stalin 's critics , but I liked the way he sang his large repertoire of Scottish folksongs and I heeded him when he denounced Butch and Sundance . |
| 15 | Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra . |
| 16 | Eggs had not been one of the things left by her unknown benefactor and there had been complaints about the absence of toast soldiers . |
| 17 | Suzi 's answer had not been one of unalloyed enthusiasm . |
| 18 | There was always that about Mario , that if he had n't been one hell of a racing driver , you still would have wanted to talk to him ; and that , although he was one hell of a racing driver , you still preferred to talk to him about other matters . |
| 19 | What I mean is , that what I have to say to you , I would n't say if you had n't been one of the family . |
| 20 | Jerking her head up , Polly stared at him , not quite certain how to react , for his tone had n't been one of admiration , but more a reluctant acknowledgement . |
| 21 | Scholars have not been four weeks connected with the school up to the Sabbath preceding the Festival not to be eligible for admission . |
| 22 | His three sons are cathedral choristers : ‘ There have n't been three brothers together in the choir for about 12 years , ’ he says , with some pride . |