Example sentences of "[was/were] not [vb pp] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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1 | For the first time they were not photographed together for the cards . |
2 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
3 | Section 5(3) provides that a person is not liable under section 2 for any damage by an animal ‘ kept on any premises or structure to a person trespassing there , if it is proved either ( a ) that the animal was not kept there for the protection of persons or property ; or ( b ) ( if the animal was kept there for the protection of persons or property ) that keeping it there for that purpose was not unreasonable . ’ |
4 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
5 | It rests also on the insight that income " transferred " by this means was not used only for the minimum relief of destitution , for the old , widowed , orphaned and infirm , but also for the purchase of some " decencies " , for the supplementation of the earnings of the underemployed as well as the relief of the involuntarily unemployed , and for the apprenticing of the children of the poor . |
6 | ‘ The major chains have taken up the promotion in a big way , but so have many independents , which is terrific because the promotion was n't designed just for the chains ; we wanted everyone to get involved . ’ |