Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 2 | Some critics of the operation have remarked that many of the evacuues , though wounded , were not in a critical condition . |
| 3 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 4 | It was infinitely more unnerving than that though , for they were not in a sealed room but out in the open , with the air rent with cries from the crowd : screams of naked terror and prayers for deliverance . |
| 5 | Dundee , a university whose publishing and citation counts were low , felt that their consultation records were not in a proper state for the derivation of meaningful statistics . |
| 6 | ‘ You and I are also required to put in an appearance at the police station later , but I managed to persuade them you were n't in a fit state to answer questions right now . ’ |
| 7 | But last night Taylor said : ‘ Our case was that the video showed evidence of contact between the players and that the referee was not in a good position to judge . ’ |
| 8 | Herr Hess , it seemed to Edward , was not in a good state . |
| 9 | I grinned and seized her , but she was not in a playful mood . |
| 10 | It quoted a hospital official at the Jackson Memorial Hospital as saying that the former first lady was not in a life-threatening condition . |
| 11 | The court heard that Timothy Hardwick , a severely disabled 11-year-old Allitt is alleged to have murdered , was not in a life-threatening condition an hour before he suffered a fatal heart attack . |
| 12 | ‘ He was not in a life-threatening condition and I was happy with him . ’ |
| 13 | Laura was not in a great hurry to find a new designer if only because it was dawning on her that the company needed more of a skilled copier than an original artist . |
| 14 | It was not in a national newspaper . |
| 15 | What if the plaintiff in this case had been a tradesperson ( i.e a lawful visitor to the premises , but one who was not in a contractual relationship with the hotel ) who was injured whilst trying to escape from the fire ? |
| 16 | He was not in a French whorehouse now with his paratrooper mates . |
| 17 | However , Master Benjamin was not in a talkative mood . |
| 18 | If he could say that , for all his suffering , he was n't in a dying frame of mind . |
| 19 | She was n't in a fit state to be on her own . |
| 20 | That she was n't in a powerless position . |
| 21 | The barman , sensing Whitlock was n't in a talkative mood , left him alone . |
| 22 | The hedge was moving past quite gently , as if it was n't in a particular hurry to get anywhere , but the surface of the lane already had a blurred look . |