present perfect simple negative passive

In the English Grammar Profile, B2 point 20 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, NEGATIVE often in the context of reporting reported speech

 

A search on iWeb for _vh _xx been _vvn:

1 HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED 3143
2 HAS NOT BEEN SEEN 3058
3 HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED 2794
4 HAS NOT BEEN USED 2703
5 HAS NOT BEEN MADE 2649


HAS NOT BEEN TESTED

Washington Post
Two officials familiar with the situation said Trump has not been tested daily in recent months.

 


7 HAS NOT BEEN FOUND 2058
8 HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED 2035
9 HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED 2015
10 HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED 1967
11 HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED 1906
12 HAS N’T BEEN SEEN 1881
13 HAS N’T BEEN UPDATED 1831
14 HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN 1827
15 HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED 1754
16 HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED 1739
17 HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED 1622
18 HAS NOT BEEN SET 1574
19 HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN 1568
20 HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED 1533
21 HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED 1464
22 HAVE NOT BEEN MADE 1433
23 HAS N’T BEEN USED 1362
24 HAS NOT BEEN PAID 1338
25 HAVE NOT BEEN USED 1277
26 HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN 1272
27 HAVE NOT BEEN PAID 1266
28 HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED 1221
29 HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED 1217
30 HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED 1212
31 HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED 1187
32 HAD NOT BEEN SEEN 1153
33 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED 1136
34 HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN 1124
35 HAD NOT BEEN MADE 996
36 HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN 992
37 HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN 985
38 HAVE NOT BEEN MET 976
39 HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED 969
40 HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED 959
41 HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND 950
42 HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED 933
43 HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED 931
44 HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED 926
45 HAVE NOT BEEN STUDIED 925
46 HAS N’T BEEN RELEASED 924
47 HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED 912
48 HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN 895
49 HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN 847
50 HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED 817
51 HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED 816
52 HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN 790
53 HAS NOT BEEN NAMED 782
54 HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED 767
55 HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED 766
56 HAD NOT BEEN USED 743
57 HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED 731
58 HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED 724
59 HAS N’T BEEN MADE 716
60 HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED 695
61 HAS NOT BEEN MET 694
62 HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED 693
63 HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED 687
64 HAS N’T BEEN MENTIONED 685
65 HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED 663
66 HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED 658
67 HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED 649
68 HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED 648
69 HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED 603
70 HAD NOT BEEN PAID 601
71 HAS NOT BEEN LOST 599
72 HAS N’T BEEN CONFIRMED 598
73 HAVE N’T BEEN SEEN 597
74 HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED 593
75 HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED 577
76 HAS NOT BEEN REACHED 576
77 HAVE NOT BEEN DISCLOSED 574
78 HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED 567
79 HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED 563
80 HAS N’T BEEN TESTED 561
81 HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED 558
82 HAS NOT BEEN CONVICTED 557
83 HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED 553
84 HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED 551
85 HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED 544
86 HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED 539
87 HAVE N’T BEEN GIVEN 537
88 HAVE N’T BEEN USED 532
89 HAVE NOT BEEN COMPENSATED 525
90 HAS N’T BEEN ANNOUNCED 520
91 HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED 520
92 HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED 515
93 HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED 514
94 HAS N’T BEEN SAID 508
95 HAS NOT BEEN TAMPERED 507
96 HAD N’T BEEN SEEN 504
97 HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED 502
98 HAVE N’T BEEN UPDATED 490
99 HAVE N’T BEEN RELEASED 479
100 HAS NOT BEEN HEARD 471

B1 verbs in the above:

achieved, announced, approved, charged, confirmed, mentioned, named, provided, published, reached, removed, reported, tested, updated

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