Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Koch 's attempt to promote immunity with extracts of the organism ( tuberculins ) were not crowned with therapeutic success . |
| 2 | But they were not looking at one point , as the worshippers did at the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent ) : they were moving up and down , backwards and forwards , bumping into each other and generally carrying on like people at Victoria Station during the rush hour . |
| 3 | They were stationed at a poli number two police station , which was the custom house at the Ipswich docks , and they spent most of their time when they were off duty just lying on stretchers lying about , then of course evening time , when there was er more activity , course they came out and my word , if they told strikers they were not to go to this part of the town or road . |
| 4 | The movies of the depression were not to go after that kind of realism . |
| 5 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 6 | It was only the ITV productions that were not led in this way , except Thames who , although they never had women in their top hierarchy , have always had extremely good women heading production teams . |
| 7 | Other groups of reptiles were not exterminated at this time , even though their fossils may be found in rocks as old as those that yield dinosaurs and the other spectacular , extinct groups . |
| 8 | The schedules proved to be acceptable , Their major drawback was length , perhaps inseparable from comprehensiveness , and the fact that in this exercise they were not integrated with normal agency practice and statutory six-monthly reviews . |
| 9 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 10 | The Brut suggests that others who were not rewarded in this way also supported the coup , including the younger Bohun brothers Humphrey and William , together with Ralph de Stafford and William de Clinton . |
| 11 | A low scan score correctly identified seven patients whose raised Crohn 's Disease Activity Index incorrectly indicated active disease because symptoms used in calculation of the index were not caused by active inflammation . |
| 12 | In each of these patients it was clear that the raised CDAI was caused either by the presence of symptoms which although contributin substantially tot he CDAI were not caused by active inflammation — for example , superimposed symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in three patients and subacute intestinal obstruction from fibrous stricture in two patients , or to symptomatic anaemia ( one case ) . |
| 13 | Few results were expected ‘ from the bombing of these British spa and provincial towns ’ which were not seen as fitting retaliation for the destruction in Germany . |
| 14 | In these studies , however , the rise in PYY concentrations was not detectable until the end of a one hour infusion of oleate in the colon , and the highest PYY concentrations were not seen until one hour after the infusion had finished . |
| 15 | On the procedural side , 9,808 people were arrested in connection with the strike in England and Wales , but nearly one in five of these were not charged with any offence . |
| 16 | The civil servants who drafted the first version of the Bill , the Green Book , were not united on any issue but the simple one that there needed to be reform at all . |
| 17 | Prior to eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil , Adam and Eve were not troubled by ontological anxiety . |
| 18 | Blood urea nitrogen , heart rate , and respiratory rate were not related to 2-year survival . |
| 19 | ( Contractors ) Ltd [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 557 ( CA ) the question arose whether profits lost in consequence of physical damage were alone recoverable , or whether profits lost which were not related to physical damage were also recoverable . |
| 20 | Finally , Nuadu had found his way to the strange twilight community of the Wolfwood ; the place that gave shelter to the half-breeds : the bastard sons of Royal Houses , the creatures who were not possessed of sufficient Beastblood to be acknowledged at Tara , but yet were not entirely Human . |
| 21 | With all due respect to those who intended to avail themselves of the free offer , the first two appointments were not met with sufficient organization to permit cost-effective equipment testing . |
| 22 | Parietal cell and intrinsic factor blocking antibodies were not detected in any subject with atrophy . |
| 23 | Comprehensive reorganization began in 1965 , although most schools were not reorganized on this basis until the mid-1970s . |
| 24 | It was evident that both were sexually satisfied within their own needs and that Clive 's worries were not based on unsatisfied propensity for sex . |
| 25 | However , the survey also established that there were some contradictions : the favourable attitudes to wind turbines were not based on firsthand experience of windmills , and to a certain extent their positive response was based on the belief that wind power would be much cheaper than other sources ( since the fuel is free ! ) , a belief which in fact might not be the case at the current stage of development . |
| 26 | Suffice it to say that amongst the people who were not contacted by this project within the first year are some of those seeing doctors on eight occasions . |
| 27 | He was making sure they were not exposed to any form of light source , however muted . |
| 28 | Their standard British Army issue tin helmets were not fitted with any kind of visor to protect against stones and other missiles . |
| 29 | Barclays ' top management has been heavily criticised following massive losses last year , but the bank insisted yesterday that the latest events were not connected with each other . |
| 30 | In a free market , all schools would be able to operate quality control on their raw material in this way , and it would not be long before some children were not wanted by any school because they were ‘ poor examination material ’ . |