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has not been started yet vs has not begun

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Has not been started yet' is used when referring to an action or process that has not yet commenced. 'Has not begun' is more straightforward and is used when referring to an event or activity that has not started.

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has not been started yet

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to an action or process that has not yet commenced.

This phrase is used to indicate that a particular action or process has not yet begun or initiated.

Examples:

The construction of the new building has not been started yet.
The project has not been started yet due to funding issues.
The repairs have not been started yet on the damaged road.
The renovation of the house has not been started yet.
The investigation has not been started yet.

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Then the other report that has not yet been started on a code of conduct for lobbyists will have to be undertaken.
It is good, too, that an exclusive 'euro club' has not been started.
Until now, as mentioned above, no clear procedure has been defined to recover the aid, and no recovery proceedings have been started yet.
Neighbours hasn't even started yet.
Whereas financial aids granted should be cancelled except in duly justified cases if the actions concerned have not been started by a given date;
(8) Whereas financial aids granted should be cancelled except in duly justified cases if the actions concerned have not been started by a given date;
D(11) Number of undertakings in D(8) for which controls have not been started:
Good, you haven't started yet.
But that semester hasn't even started yet.
My day hasn't started yet.
The dream hasn't started yet.
The game hasn't even started yet.
School hasn't even started yet, honey.
The day hasn't even started yet.
The important drinking hasn't started yet.
I have not 'started yet, but you were magnificent.
But the decontamination program on your friend hasn't started yet.
Good, it hasn't started yet.
But, Pinky, we haven't even started yet.
The holiday hasn't even started yet.

Alternatives:

has not yet been initiated
has not yet commenced
has not yet begun
has not yet been launched
has not yet been kicked off

has not begun

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to an event or activity that has not started.

This phrase is used to indicate that a particular event or activity has not yet started or commenced.

Examples:

The meeting has not begun yet.
The game has not begun.
The concert has not begun.
The show has not begun.
The race has not begun yet.

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The movement has not begun at the date of dispatch
Where the supervisory authority determines that the application is not complete, it shall immediately inform the insurance or reinsurance undertaking that the approval period has not begun and specify why the application is not considered to be complete.
As long as the enforcement of the sentence in the executing State has not begun, the issuing State may withdraw the certificate from that State, giving reasons for doing so.
Articles 109j(3) and (4) of the Treaty do not say, as they are often alleged to say, that Stage three will begin automatically on 1 January 1999 if it has not begun on 1 January 1997.
The ticket shall be transferable if it has not been made out in the passenger's name and if the journey has not begun.
General Juma says the American carrier troop still has not begun to withdraw.
2. Except in duly justified cases, assistance granted to a measure where substantial work has not begun within the specified contractual period shall be cancelled.
The consignor may cancel the electronic administrative document as long as the movement has not begun under Article 20(1).
Furthermore, work has not begun on the three kilometres of very steep gradient of the 22 km long line which is particularly difficult to construct, whereas the contract stipulates a period of 18 months for completion.
The line has been raised and next step will be to reconstruct the platform, but that stage has not begun yet and the train service is still suspended.
Work has not begun yet in the Los Realejos-Icod de los Vinos subsection, where the SCIs affected are: Barranco Ruiz, Tigaiga, Campeches and Ruiz.
Indeed, it has not begun to do so until today, more than 18 months after these deplorable facts became public knowledge, although no disciplinary action has been taken by the Commission, nor have these matters been referred to the competent criminal courts.
The Court is concerned by the delays in the implementation of regulatory control procedures: not all the control structures are operational; and the independent audit of transactions has not begun.
The ticket shall be transferable if it has not been made out in the passenger's name and if the journey has not begun.

Alternatives:

has not started
has not commenced
has not kicked off
has not initiated
has not launched

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