Example sentences of "were not [verb] [prep] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Secretary of State explain how he was able to commission a review of teaching methods in a matter of a few weeks , although his minimum standards — first laid down in 1981 — were not met in the 10 years that the Government allowed themselves , and the current review will not now report until the autumn ? |
| 2 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 3 | However , human rights groups were reported to be confident that the evidence supplied by the mass graves would prove that the Army had committed " crimes against humanity " which were not covered by the 1978 amnesty law which pardoned officers accused of human rights violations . |
| 4 | In addition , measurements of prolonged squeezing were not recorded in the two studies where biofeedback was reported to be as effective as conventional medical treatment . |
| 5 | The detailed arrangements for the non-metropolitan districts were not included in the 1972 Act but determined subsequently by the LGBC . |
| 6 | Performance measures were not invented in the 1980s . |
| 7 | The pickets were not passed by the 30 workers arriving for the morning shift . |
| 8 | As a rule , political matters were not discussed at the Three Jolly Watermen . |
| 9 | so it were n't interacting between the two , everything had changed and it still did it , were a new kit , got a cabinet of setting line , changed it and it still did it . |