Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , some studies suggested that the crucial floating voters were not characterised by a high degree of interest , involvement , and knowledge , but by ignorance and indifference , and they were less involved in following the election campaign than were those who were keenly attached to a party . |
| 2 | Although simultaneous oesophageal pH measurements were not done , the bursts of non-deglutitive contractions were not preceded by a small pressure plateau or other signs of a common cavity phenomenon . |
| 3 | These bursts of repetitive non-sequential pressure peaks did not show any characteristics that would suggest a common cavity phenomenon ; they were not preceded by a sudden small increase in base line oesophageal pressure occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus ; and the shape of the individual waves , although occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus , was often different from one level to the other . |
| 4 | If the tenant could not exploit the land directly himself , with his own resources and those of his family , he would have to hire labour , but it seems likely that the small farmer was able to make a better profit than the great man , because his lands were not encumbered by a costly and unproductive bureaucracy . |
| 5 | It would be tragic if Agassi 's rare talent was not rewarded by a Grand Slam title in the near future and a World No. 1 ranking later on . |
| 6 | ‘ Fashion Mad ’ , it was titled , and this one was not written by a celebrated style pundit , but by a previously unrecognised talent called Associated Press . |
| 7 | This meant that Afghanistan was not covered by a multilateral neutralisation regime . |
| 8 | Ltd [ 1944 ] 2 All ER 293 ( CA ) the Court of Appeal decided that it was not bound by a previous decision of that court , if satisfied that the decision in question was reached per incuriam . |
| 9 | How many pensioners would be floated off means-tested income support if a £5 and £8 increase in the national insurance pension was not matched by a similar change in the income support rates ? |
| 10 | But the increase in incomes was not matched by a similar increase in the cash becoming available to farmers . |
| 11 | Similarly , in aggregate terms , the UK 's high rate of concentration was not matched by a high rate of growth in manufacturing output . |
| 12 | Cramlington , although a New Town , was not developed by a corporatist and appointed development corporation but by a partnership of two elected authorities ( county and district ) and two developers . |
| 13 | No miller was allowed to buy or sell grain or flour except surplus toll corn until after the reign of Elizabeth I and although the influence of the soke began to wane during the seventeenth century , toll-in-kind was not replaced by a monetary charge until an act of 1796 . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the 12.35 a.m. tram journey on route 16/18 was not replaced by a corresponding bus journey from Westminster to Purley . |
| 15 | Montgomerie 's humour was not improved by a poor start . |
| 16 | The mood was not improved by a sudden burst of music from that hated and notorious portable gramophone across the way . |
| 17 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 18 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 19 | on on erm one side of A four and it was obviously was n't written by a young man |