Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of our review [ of funding ] , contrary to my expectations was that we were not under-resourced for Mental Illness Services . |
| 2 | In return , the non-Muslims , although officially regarded as second-class citizens , were free to practise their religion and most were not conscripted for military service . |
| 3 | The child 's arousal classification was noted for each 12th minute value of UOS pressure and a mean value obtained for arousal states A and B. Although arousal states C to E were noted their data were not analysed for this study . |
| 4 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |
| 5 | Second only to the Royal Saloons of this time were the 57ft saloons de luxe , built for the accommodation of the Royal suite , when the King and Queen were travelling ; when they were not required for this purpose they could be hired . |
| 6 | You were not chosen for this trip just to see an old flame , were you ? ’ |
| 7 | Even those pupils who were not entered for any examination have suffered , because teachers have got into a habit of teaching in a particular way , and find it hard to break away from it . |
| 8 | He can also make policy decisions and give effect to them , as , for instance , was often done when prosecutions were not brought for attempted suicide . |
| 9 | In fact , prior to 1970 , these surveys were not published for public debate — a serious criticism of the PESC . |
| 10 | To this day , we do not know why élite internal security units of the KBW were not used for this purpose , as they were in 1956 . |
| 11 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 12 | It is likely that Gorbachev 's Mediterranean initiative was not intended for serious negotiation . |
| 13 | He was educated at Mill Hill School under Dr Thorowgood and was not intended for any profession until family losses made it necessary . |
| 14 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
| 15 | Together with this evidence must be the proof that the passenger was not licensed for that class of vehicle etc . |
| 16 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 17 | They were charged that they did contrive , design and plot to murder MOIR NcILCHENICH widow of Ellister for mere avarice and covetousness to attain to her money which they supposed she had lying by her in her house and in pursuance of this plot did upon some day of April 1698 in dead time of night murder her by strangling her with her own belt and thereafter threw her body over a rock into the sea so that the deed was not discovered for some time . |
| 18 | Sir Denys , a 58-year-old Scot and a lawyer by training , took over from Sir John Harvey-Jones in 1987 ( who is now chairman of The Economist but was not consulted for this article ) . |
| 19 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 20 | He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy . |
| 21 | The lock was not designed for rough treatment . |
| 22 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |
| 23 | This man was n't prepared for deep interrogation . |
| 24 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
| 25 | What if Lubor said he had heard , but that Ven was n't returning for another week ? |