Example sentences of "have not [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ollero asserts that TransTools has not involved itself in the price war . |
| 2 | Part IV : income from property of which the settlor has not divested himself absolutely |
| 3 | The touch judge is allowed to inform the referee of any act of foul play that the referee has or has not seen himself . |
| 4 | Sir Bernard 's many friends will fear he has not done himself justice . |
| 5 | The one to feel it most is Wright , and Taylor said : ‘ He probably feels he has not done himself justice when he 's played . |
| 6 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 7 | Other opposition has been ad hoc and in some areas , such as Inishturk , has not formalized itself into an organization . |
| 8 | Whitlock , who has been at the centre of the storm , has not made himself available to take part . |
| 9 | Perhaps Lucker has not made himself visible enough to justify the cost . |
| 10 | I hope that he now applies himself to them , because he has not applied himself to the rest of his portfolio . |
| 11 | Satisfied with attending to the symptoms of the economy 's problems , the government has not applied itself to tackling some of their causes . |
| 12 | ( Chris Haskins , of Northern Foods , points out that Britain has not fed itself since the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 . ) |
| 13 | She has not cut herself off from her parents , however , as this is something which would only have led her to feel guilty and therefore decreased her confidence even further . |
| 14 | Baroness Hooper 's letter states on the first page with regard to student loans : ‘ Students are not obliged to take up a loan if they do not need to do so and indeed Jeffrey has not availed himself of the facility . ’ |
| 15 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 16 | The school is the type that has not adapted itself to alternative , non-academic needs and which , in general , is not sensitive to the fact that pupils are people with as much right as anyone else to be respected . |
| 17 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 18 | He has not paid himself a proper wage for four months . |
| 19 | He has been convicted of crime , and we shall assume for the moment that he has not behaved himself within the meaning of these words . |
| 20 | Mind you , it is rather surprising that McDonald , a top session man turned star performer , has not established himself as a big noise in Europe . |
| 21 | She will be pilloried for making this record , she will be told it is an ill-advised change of musical direction , foolish to do yet more cover versions when she has not established herself as a songwriter , madness to be so outspoken , dubbed Mrs Bonkers of Ireland — by people she cared little about . |
| 22 | I had not run well ; I had not done myself justice . |
| 23 | From a very early date we witness the introduction of tales and links that Chaucer had not written himself , and reorganizations of the order of the tales . |
| 24 | He had entered parliament in 1900 , twenty-six years after Balfour , he had held no Cabinet post , he had taken no active role in party institutions , and he had not involved himself much in the social world of Westminster . |
| 25 | Opposition also began to mount among concerned citizens of the area , an opposition which manifested itself both individually and through the Ringaskiddy Residents ' Association , formed two years previously , which had not involved itself in any controversy over previous planning applications for industrial projects in the area . |
| 26 | This had been Jesus ' gospel ; it concerned the Father only , not the Son — for Jesus had not proclaimed himself . |
| 27 | It was possible that he , too , had not troubled himself with thoughts of her real life until he had seen her in the garden with Ben . |
| 28 | It was Boyle 's contention that if William Harvey had not asked himself about the purpose of valves in the veins , he might well not have discovered the circulation of the blood . |
| 29 | Perhaps Hincmar 's silence here was tactful , since Charles the Bald 's sons had not distinguished themselves in the traditional roles . |
| 30 | There were few French wars in which the de Castelnau clan had not distinguished itself ; there had been a General de Castelnau under the great Napoleon , and another had been selected by Louis Napoleon to accompany him into exile after the dismal capitulation at Sedan . |