Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the insects were not disturbed because organic farming was then all the rage and Keton-Etone-Methyl-Tri-Di-Meta-post-Oxy-Chlorane had been banned , with the result that the tree gave rise to more apples ; out of the downtrodden and digested came beauty and increase , and fruits of the earth , and all sorts of parable lessons which children are taught at their mothers ’ knee in sweet little story-books . |
| 2 | The mortar men were not trained as Heavy Weapons Troops would be later in the war , but this did not prevent Sergeant Ramsey from getting off a bomb that appeared to go down the hotel chimney , reportedly causing a dozen or more casualties . |
| 3 | Studies were not taxing and little emphasis was placed on the passing of examinations . |
| 4 | As doses were not adjusted when changing insulin species we also examined the frequency of hypoglycaemic episodes in the first two weeks after each conversion . |
| 5 | The Butterley Company found that men whose wives could not find work were less likely to stay at Ollerton , and so planned the building of factories in the village which would ensure both that men were not lost and that family incomes could be supplemented . |
| 6 | The RUC say it was only because the bomb failed to function properly that lives were not lost and widespread damage caused to homes and businesses . |
| 7 | Hiatus hernia and diverticular disease were not considered as sufficient cause for anaemia as there is little evidence that they lead to anaemia unless complicated by oesophagitis or diverticulitis . |
| 8 | The crew were not to know that this day would be so different from their previous raid on Berlin . |
| 9 | Dissident Conservatives , for instance Churchill or Eden , were not welcomed as prospective allies , because of their expressed hostility to the Soviet Government and their lack of sympathy with the Spanish Republicans . |
| 10 | Patients , taking B blockers were not randomised as these drugs were considered to influence the risk of rebleeding . |
| 11 | The subsidiaries which held and operated the refining and marketing operations which were sold on 6 July 1992 were not consolidated and certain borrowings , attributable to these businesses , were also separated and included within businesses held for resale at the end of 1991 . |
| 12 | You found sometimes that other rules were n't required because that rule new rule that you 'd finally developed encompassed other classes of events . |
| 13 | The number of injuries was not recorded but three people — two Fascists and one anti-Fascist — were kept in hospital overnight . |
| 14 | Although it was more mundane than its northern contemporary , it had a greater influence on subsequent town planning because it was not conceived as industrial housing but as a genuine attempt to improve living conditions for the working classes and encourage independence . |
| 15 | The word itself first came into usage in the seventeenth century and was not intended as academic jargon or as a sociologism . |
| 16 | To ask how a piece of machinery worked was not to deny that each part had been designed with a function in mind . |
| 17 | It was not disputed that such interference with business is tortious if any unlawful means are used . ’ |
| 18 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 19 | So apart from the M4 Rapist , there was not sustained or widespread coverage of sex murderers killing adult men or women in the sample year . |
| 20 | Of course , many LEAs actively supported the work of the two major providers , but even without explicit support the field of liberal adult education was not seen as attractive territory for LEA participation or control until the implementation of the Education Act 1944 in the early nineteen fifties . |
| 21 | Malaria was known to be associated with marshes : it was often called marsh fever , but the connection was not understood until certain mosquitoes were recognized as carriers of the disease and as alternative hosts of plasmodia . |
| 22 | He was not to know that those pictures appalled her , that she had never imagined herself capable of such thoughts . |
| 23 | But it was not included as basic pay when the club 's accounts were published . |
| 24 | Neutron activation was not chosen because those elements which it can measure in flint ( as compared to pottery ) are more erratically distributed than those measured by atomic absorption ( the major elements in clay ) , and this makes it harder to distinguish the products of any two mines . |
| 25 | He was not told that socio-economic circumstances meant that he could expect to get bad examination results . |
| 26 | Of these three , bad environment must of course be taken seriously , and it was not suggested that environmental factors did not play an important part in health deterioration , but ‘ environment is not the only factor so operative and possibly not the most important one ’ ( M'Gonigle and Kirby , 1936 , p. 148 ) . |
| 27 | In the beginning this security measure was not enforced but on-site experience changed the approach ! |
| 28 | There a solicitor was not needed and legal costs would not be incurred . |
| 29 | In case no 3 , microcarcinoids were discovered by chance on gastrectomy specimens , thus electron microscopy was not performed and cellular type(s) could not be determined . |
| 30 | It was reported on TV-AM that there had been forty arrests as a result of the riot , but it was not known if any charges would be brought . |