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have not been vs have been not

The correct phrase is "have not been." In English, the adverb "not" usually comes after the auxiliary verb (in this case, "have"), so the correct order is "have not been." On the other hand, "have been not" is not a common or correct construction in English.

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have not been

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is the correct way to form a negative present perfect tense in English. The adverb "not" comes after the auxiliary verb "have."
  • Stakeholders have not been sufficiently involved in policy shaping.
  • However, some methods have not been internationally recognised.
  • Corruption and judicial reform have not been properly addressed.
  • Educational institutions have made promises that have not been kept.
  • Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with mitotane.
  • Ritonavir pharmacokinetic parameters have not been studied in patients with renal impairment.
  • Carcinogenicity studies have not been conducted with sorafenib.
  • Long term carcinogenicity studies have not been performed.
  • However, unbound concentrations have not been assessed.
  • Patients with known cardiovascular disease have not been studied.
  • Patients with diabetes mellitus have not been studied.
  • Long-term carcinogenicity studies have not been carried out.
  • The effects of filgrastim overdose have not been established.
  • Long-term in vivo carcinogenicity studies have not been conducted.
  • Specific drug-drug interaction studies have not been conducted with zoledronic acid.
  • Long-term animal carcinogenicity studies have not been performed.
  • Studies with non-PVC bags have not been conducted.
  • Long-term carcinogenicity studies have not been performed.
  • Fertility studies have not been conducted with TRISENOX.
  • Long-term studies for carcinogenicity have not been performed.

Alternatives:

  • have never been
  • have not yet been
  • have not been able to

have been not

This phrase is not correct in English. The adverb "not" should come after the auxiliary verb.

  • This is false, though such conditions can be quite a cause, they have been not an absolute.
  • Fathers Daoust, Geisinger and Recolons have at every moment proved themselves to be Jesuits totally dedicated to the mission entrusted to them, and they have been not only my close collaborators but also my cherished companions in the mission we share.
  • The correct counterfactual scenario would have been not to start implementing the project at all.
  • Italians have been not less considerable as they increased by 25,3%.
  • We have been not talking about reading upward countless books.
  • A better strategy might have been not to respond at all.
  • Just think about how stressed you would have been not knowing.
  • Especially when you consider how easy it would have been not to end up there.
  • Just think about how stressed you would have been not knowing.
  • Especially when you consider how easy it would have been not to end up there.
  • Therefore, acts of reproduction, event partial, that have been not authorised by Edysma sas di Marco Gallerani & C. are prosecutable in compliance with the mentioned law.
  • After the first colouring all defects which have been not noticed in process shpatlevki will immediately be shown.
  • Some have been sunk, many have been not able to pass.
  • I know your previous impressions of Latnok have been not so great, but I'm determined to change all that.
  • [clears throat] Tamara, you have been not breaking up with Adam for three weeks now.
  • You have been not 48 hours in Cloisterham and already there is a notion abroad that Mr Neville is a dangerously passionate fellow of an uncontrollable and vicious temper.
  • On the 2000-06 programming period, projects in the waste sector committed under the extraordinary management set up in the Lazio Region, have been not admissible for funding.
  • If the Commission had pursued this abuse of Article 82 as rigorously as it pursues abuses in other areas of industry then this fine would have been not £600 but £6m or more.
  • At times, especially in the turbulent years preceding the national unity, the Italian ships had "ideological" names, that must have been not easy to represent with a sculpture.
  • For Zundel, the Mass, in the way it has always been practiced, would have been not only magic and materialistic, but, also, purely theatrical.

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