present perfect simple negative (wide range of verbs)

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 84 in the category of PAST:

present perfect simple with the full negative forms with a wide range of verbs, often in formal contexts.


 

An iWeb search for:

_N have|has not _VVN

1 POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED 590
2 GOD HAS NOT GIVEN 328
3 CANCER HAS NOT SPREAD 302
4 STUDIES HAVE NOT SHOWN 234
5 THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED 218
6 POLICE HAVE NOT SAID 214
7 ORDER HAS NOT ARRIVED 191
8 FDA HAS NOT APPROVED 183
9 THINGS HAVE NOT GONE 176
10 STUDIES HAVE NOT FOUND 169
11 POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED 166
12 PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD 155
13 STUDENT HAS NOT COMPLETED 148
14 HAVE NOT USED 146
15 SITUATION HAS NOT CHANGED 144
16 EYE HAS NOT SEEN 133

17 AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED 132

  WMC Action News 5 – Memphis, Tennessee
Man working on gun violence video killed in Philadelphia
Authorities have not released his name.

18 EFFORTS HAVE NOT GONE 125
19 GOD HAS NOT LEFT 118
20 POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED 114
21 GOD HAS NOT CALLED 111
22 SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED 108
23 THING HAS NOT CHANGED 107
24 ORDER HAS NOT SHIPPED 105
25 AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT SAID 101
26 TIME HAS NOT COME 99
27 HAVE NOT TRIED 98
28 GOVERNMENT HAS NOT MADE 96
29 TENANT HAS NOT PAID 94
30 COMPANY HAS NOT MADE 90
31 OFFICIALS HAVE NOT SAID 89

B2 vocabulary:

authorities, identified, released, spread

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