Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , KPMG alleges in the letter that the control mechanisms that were in place were not properly operated by management , and KPMG 's recommendations for them to be strengthened were accepted but not fully implemented . |
| 2 | Another segment displayed the night side of planet Karkason : a swell of blackness pricked with intermittent little red pimples which were the mouths of its active volcanos — those , at least , which were not currently cloaked by smoke … |
| 3 | I regret the fact that I was not in the Chamber for the speech of the hon. Member for Pudsey ( Sir G. Shaw ) , but my hon. Friend the Member for Durham , North-West ( Ms. Armstrong ) , who was here , told me that he made a heavily veiled criticism of Government policy for its lack of recognition of progress as a key measure of the effectiveness of schools , and expressed concern about the morale of teachers who , he said , were not sufficiently recognised by society . |
| 4 | There can be no doubt that in the early years of the twentieth century the use of revolvers was widespread among adult mobsters in London 's criminal underworld , and that feuds between rival outfits were not uncommonly settled by gun battles in the open streets . |
| 5 | Unlike the case in earlier phases of the war , the German people were not systematically prepared by propaganda for the opening of the war against the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | These rates were not significantly affected by subdivision of the diet group into those who achieved a high fibre score from mainly non-bran sources ( n=7 ) and those who were compliant in taking bran supplements ( 31.4 ( 18.6 ) % v 49.4 ( 13.9 ) % respectively by LTA at 42 months : NS ) . |
| 7 | Last year , a couple of their events were not fully covered by sponsorship income and it is doubtful whether Mark McCormack will want to add to the £2million or so he has already poured in . |
| 8 | They were n't particularly bothered by telltale wrinkles . |
| 9 | The fact is , Harry , it simply would n't work and , if you were n't so blinded by love , you 'd see it for yourself . |
| 10 | In NME , which usually covered the band 's activities in extreme detail , Charman was not even mentioned by name in the tiny news item informing readers of the band 's new drummer . |
| 11 | This did not evoke much response from the audience , because The Times was not widely read by university students . |
| 12 | Ruth Elliott as Catherine , Dr Austin Sloper 's daughter , was not easily fooled by suitor Morris Townsend , played by Gerard McMullan , whose presentation was virtually perfect . |
| 13 | The night sky , brilliant with stars , was not yet touched by dawn , although a bright half-moon was low in the eastern sky . |
| 14 | Opposition to the test drilling was not simply informed by fear , or obstinate blocking of any development in the countryside . |
| 15 | He said , The area was not officially controlled by radar . |
| 16 | The law does , however , exempt those who had a " valid , existing right " to the coal , although this was not clearly defined by Congress . |
| 17 | Denudation chronology also produced a number of debates which centred not only on the existence of surfaces of a particular number , which was not readily resolved by trend surface analysis , but also on the mode of development of planation surfaces and the significance of earth movement in influencing the denudation chronology . |
| 18 | We were unable to discover a donor whose buccal epithelial cells gave reproducible and unambiguous adherence and non-adherence with the appropriate control strains ; buccal cells which bound adhesive E coli strains also tended to have a resident salivary flora which was not readily removed by washing . |
| 19 | None were clinically suspected of having HIV disease , although this was not formally excluded by testing . |
| 20 | Howard was not only thanked by Parliament for his humanity and zeal ; he even had copies of the Act printed at his own expense and distributed to all gaol keepers . |