Example sentences of "they were not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not given to silly pranks at any time , let alone a quarter to two on Sunday morning . |
| 2 | William had come to the throne two years earlier , in 1688 , after the Glorious Revolution against the Catholic James II ; but although the Treatises do contain material which could be seen as after-the-fact justifications of the Revolution , they were not written for this reason . |
| 3 | Our customers are many and varied , ranging from domestic pets to farm animals and even an occasional exotic animal — like the lion that was brought from a travelling circus with a cut foot , and caused consternation amongst our more regular clients ; they were not prepared for such a large cat sitting in the back of a Land Rover in our car park . |
| 4 | Furthermore , they were not prepared for this by socialisation at school and at home . |
| 5 | The schedules proved to be acceptable , Their major drawback was length , perhaps inseparable from comprehensiveness , and the fact that in this exercise they were not integrated with normal agency practice and statutory six-monthly reviews . |
| 6 | These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression . |
| 7 | The Macrory review considered the existing proposals for reshaping local government in Northern Ireland but they were not limited to these in making their recommendations . |
| 8 | On the other hand in the fact that they were not limited by any central representative institutions , and that they based their power largely on their armies and bureaucracies , they were in the main stream of continental absolutism . |
| 9 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 10 | Fenella saw , with a thrill of horror , that as his hand went through the colours , the robes shivered as if they were not made of plain cloth , but of some living , breathing substance . |
| 11 | He was making sure they were not exposed to any form of light source , however muted . |
| 12 | They were stationed at a poli number two police station , which was the custom house at the Ipswich docks , and they spent most of their time when they were off duty just lying on stretchers lying about , then of course evening time , when there was er more activity , course they came out and my word , if they told strikers they were not to go to this part of the town or road . |
| 13 | But they were not looking at one point , as the worshippers did at the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent ) : they were moving up and down , backwards and forwards , bumping into each other and generally carrying on like people at Victoria Station during the rush hour . |
| 14 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 15 | If the syndicates running off their contracts were aware of the problems that were going to occur and did not inform Outhwaite , then they were not acting in utmost good faith . |
| 16 | Nor will confessions obtained as a result of anything said or done which was likely to render them unreliable , be admissible , unless the prosecution can prove that they were not obtained in this way . |
| 17 | Several times they fell painfully on jagged rocks , so that they learned to move exceedingly slowly , edging forward and feeling for a foothold , and all the time they could not know whether they were not wandering in aimless circles and approaching no nearer to the security of the forest . |
| 18 | Protestants were another matter : they were not invited as such , but urged instead to return to the fold of Roman Catholicism . |
| 19 | This might include shifting the burden of proof so that defendants have to satisfy the jury that they were sure they were not trading on illicit information . |
| 20 | They were not addressed to this particular issue . |
| 21 | Second only to the Royal Saloons of this time were the 57ft saloons de luxe , built for the accommodation of the Royal suite , when the King and Queen were travelling ; when they were not required for this purpose they could be hired . |
| 22 | They were not used to all this fervour and zeal . |
| 23 | People were refused regular blood pressure testing because they were 65 , they could not obtain a mobility allowance following an accident which occurred when they were 65 , they were not welcomed by voluntary agencies who — one would imagine — are crying out for workers . |
| 24 | Thus , the arguments from efficiency and democracy were joined in the proposals contained in the Bill ; but they were not held by all the protagonists in equal measure . |
| 25 | They were not derived from any significant analysis of aims or objectives in relation to the development of learners , nor based on a sufficiency of basic knowledge about the pupils and teachers and schools who would have to use them . |
| 26 | If they were not washed in this way they would be a danger to their neighbours on returning to ordinary secular activities . |
| 27 | you see Lord is here very splendidly to argue the case and at the moment I 'd like you to address the question , I 'll ask it again , the question is , I think it 's a simple one , it follows from your answer about why the brochures had to be updated , but when there was a time when they were not updated before nineteen eighty nine , there was a risk was n't there that with the brochures printing service charges towards the end of the sales period someone might have been mislead by the brochure ? that 's right is n't it ? |
| 28 | Could she not say that it had been her own choice to leave the Longhills , that they were not suited to one another ? |
| 29 | Major problems might lie ahead for the ‘ enabling ’ health service schemes , if they were not complemented by new local authority back-up services . |
| 30 | In addition , while they were not restricted to any one social class , they did develop a clear sense of identity , fostered by a number of distinctive badges , such as their preference for Christian names of an Old Testament origin or of their own elaborate and didactic construction , such as Sin-deny , Be-Thankful , Praise-God , and Sure-Trust . |