Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 2 | The huge debts which Edward inherited from his father were not redeemed until the last four years of his reign when a lengthy if fragile truce with Scotland , together with reform and refinement of treasury administration , and ruthless exactions from the Contrariants and any other offenders , enabled Edward II to leave , as no subsequent medieval king was to do , a solvent crown to his successor . |
| 3 | Consequently the vast majority of contests were not decided until the second round on March 18 . |
| 4 | In previous World Cups , two days were allocated to each match so that contests which were not concluded on the first could be decided on the reserve day . |
| 5 | Systematic crime statistics were not compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century , but there is some scattered evidence about the extent and frequency of cattle stealing during the early years of British rule . |
| 6 | These are questions that were not asked during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century nation-building experiences in Europe and the United States . |
| 7 | Actually , his services were not required by the first art editor of the newly created NSS . |
| 8 | When desires disrupt co-operation their spontaneity is evident , when they support it nothing proves that they were not instilled in the first place by moral training . |
| 9 | Effort and application were not needed in the first instance and did not come easily when the need arose . |
| 10 | She had a deep gash to her leg , probably inflicted with an axe and severe internal injuries , though these were n't noticed until the next day . |
| 11 | Furthermore , Macbeth did not murder Duncan in his palace of Cawdor in Nairn , since the castle there was not built until the fourteenth century ; and Duncan was not the pitiable old greybeard portrayed in the play but a ruthless and ambitious man regarded by many as a usurper . |
| 12 | The ‘ Golden Age ’ of English agriculture was over ; after the 1860s it entered a period of decline from which it was not to recover until the Second World War . |
| 13 | Oldham 's superiority was not confirmed until the 80th minute when Sharp completed his first treble since his summer move from Everton : Chamberlain blocked Ritchie 's effort , and the Scot pounced on the rebound . |
| 14 | The emergency staff had realised at 5 a.m. on Thursday 7 July that dialysis patients were at special risk from the aluminium , but the house of Robert Hill , a local man with kidney failure and a dialysis machine , was not contacted until the next day . |
| 15 | Adjuvant therapy was not given to the first 44 successfully treated patients . |
| 16 | Interest in the nature of society was not lacking in the sixteenth century , and in one way or another commentators found a good deal to say about it . |
| 17 | This was not maintained after a second night , and after the third night without sleep subjects provided with these incentives could perform no better than those not provided with incentives . |
| 18 | These develop into tiny animals so unlike their parents that the connection between adults and offspring was not recognised until the last century . |
| 19 | The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . |
| 20 | The west doorway , richly decorated with sculptured figures , is in late Gothic style , but was not constructed till the seventeenth century . |
| 21 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 22 | The urinary catheter was not removed until the fourth day when Mr Reynolds was able to walk to the toilet with the help of the nurse . |
| 23 | Monitoring of his circulatory state via the central venous pressure line was not required after the first 24 hours and the line was therefore removed . |
| 24 | His request was not complied with , and the Hearing was not convened on the first lawful day after the children 's removal . |
| 25 | However , it was not used in the Second World War , nor in many other wars . |
| 26 | Inevitably , forecasters err on the side of optimism because it is always possible to keep whisky which remains unsold , but impossible to sell stock which was not produced in the first place . |
| 27 | In 1973 the tide turned with a 5-to-4 majority ruling by the Supreme Court in Miller v California that obscenity , as narrowly defined , was not protected by the First Amendment , and that each state could set its own standard : ‘ People in different States vary in their tastes and attitudes , and this diversity is not to be strangled by the absolutism of imposed uniformity . ’ |
| 28 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 29 | If , however , the suspect piece turned out to be an aluminium bronze ( as was recently the case with some coins purporting to be Anglo-Saxon ) , then one could reject it straight away because aluminium , and thus aluminium bronze , was not known before the nineteenth century . |
| 30 | It would be wrong to end without acknowledging that emigration from Ayrshire was not confined to the 18th and 19th centuries . |